Gulliver's Travels - Jonathan Swift - Book 2, Part 1

Gulliver's Travels - Jonathan Swift - Book 2, Part 1

Title: Gulliver's Travels

Overview: Gulliver's Travels, or Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships is a 1726 prose satire by the Anglo-Irish writer and clergyman Jonathan Swift, satirizing both human nature and the "travelers' tales" literary subgenre. It is Swift's best known full-length work and a classic of English literature. Swift claimed that he wrote Gulliver's Travels "to vex the world rather than divert it". The book was an immediate success. The English dramatist John Gay remarked "It is universally read, from the cabinet council to the nursery." In 2015, Robert McCrum released his selection list of 100 best novels of all time in which Gulliver's Travels is listed as "a satirical masterpiece".

Published: 1726

List: 100 Best Novels Of All Time, 100 Classic Book Collection

Author: Jonathan Swift

Genre: Satire, Fantasy, Action & Adventure Fiction, Fantastic Fiction

Episode: Gulliver's Travels - Jonathan Swift - Book 2, Part 1

Part: 1 of 2

Length Part: 6:20:23

Book: 2

Length Book: 11:10:32

Episodes: 0 - 19 of 39

Predecessor: Drapier's Letters

Successor: A Modest Proposal

Narrator: Lizzie Driver

Memorium: Kristin Hughes (1974 - 2021)

Language: English

Rated: Guidance Suggested

Edition: Unabridged Audiobook

Keywords: satire, parody, travelers, tales, literary, humanity, literature, jonathanswift

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