Imagine living in the 1700s and *this* was the most exciting book around.

Screaming and crying.

So thankful to be alive now, where I only read *Gulliver's Travels* because the cover is cute, not because I'm living a miserable life with no running water and *Gulliver's Travels* is my idea of a wild night.

Phew.

Bottom line: *Gulliver's Travels* by Jonathan Swift was fine, that's all. If you're looking for classic literature book reviews, this one's pretty lukewarm.

"The rats on board carried away one of my sheep;" "Care and vigilance, with a very common understanding, may preserve a man’s goods from thieves, but honesty has no defence against superior cunning;" It seems I had a completely wrong idea of what Jonathan Swift's *Gulliver's Travels* would be like. To be fair, my prior opinion was based solely on the children's cartoon I watched years ago, but the book is shockingly different from that easy-going adaptation with a bunch of Lilliputians in...

“Undoubtedly, philosophers are in the right when they tell us that nothing is great or little otherwise than by comparison.”Jonathan Swift's masterpiece, the brilliant satire *Gulliver's Travels*, was published in 1726. Swift lived in the 18th century, a time of great societal changes when the legacy of the Enlightenment culminated in the French Revolution, causing significant political and cultural shifts. Simultaneously, European exploration advanced, leading to increased colonization in the A...

There are many here among usWho think that life is but a joke.Bob DylanWhen Gulliver first came to the light of day in the climate of a more genteel, and historically Georgian reader than those who read Pilgrim's Progress in the previous century, echoes of its hero, Christian, must have resounded through his or her mind!This fantasy has haunted my steps and dogged my days all my life. It represents a Pilgrim's Progress for me, too - as well as for Dean Swift, being an Anglican priest - through t...

Everyone remembers poor Gulliver in breeches and a three-cornered hat, pinned down with cords on a beach by an army of tiny soldiers. A young boy’s nightmare, no doubt, but there's so much more to **Gulliver's Travels** by Jonathan Swift than this rosy image, endlessly reproduced on toy shops and theme parks. This is truly an astonishing book. **Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World** presents itself as the plain and faithful account of the voyages of Lemuel Gulliver, a su...

Tiny manifestations of human social models One of the earliest forms of satire, just like Twain's *A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court* and Cervantes' *Don Quixote*, but not quite as good.https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...That’s simply because Jonathan Swift isn't as talented or as solid a writer as Cervantes, and not as ingenious as Twain. Swift tries to Make some clever allegories about the stupidity of imbalanced power structures.And yes, ...

This is a series of slaps across the face of all humanity. When talking horses reject you with kindness because they are more civilized and rational than you, then you, Gulliver, must return from your four voyages, sad and broken. These stories hold a special place in my heart. They were my first long journeys into a world of limitless fantasy and imagination. Thanks to the elegant translation, I read it at the age of ten in eloquent Arabic. My fascination never faded. I read an abridged Englis...

Lemuel Gulliver was the original discoverer of relativity, long before Einstein! He understood that everything is relative; he's a giant among the Lilliputians, but a mere midget to the Brobdingnagians.Eccentricity holds up against the test of time far better than fleeting trends. But it takes a true genius like Jonathan Swift to see the ordinary in a bizarre light and create something that lasts for centuries. Gulliver's Travels is a testament to that!Everyone knows how laborious the usual meth...

Alright, I couldn't get through this one. It was just bad. Honestly, I was a bit stunned. Why isn't anyone calling out that this is basically a giant rip-off of *Honey, I Shrunk the Kids* and *Honey, I Blew Up the Kid*? It's ridiculously obvious. I'm baffled why this Jonathan Swift dude hasn't been sued into oblivion. Maybe he dodged that bullet by writing his ripoff in this ridiculously long and, frankly, mind-numbing old-timey style, so any lawyer would be snoring before they even finished dra...

Let's face it... [Image of Jonathan Swift] Jonathan Swift was a snarky, snarky jerk. Gulliver's Travels is like a giant pimp slap across humanity's face, and I'm so glad I finally read it outside of a school or structured environment because I had a whole lot more fun with it this time around. Swift's wit, insight, and delivery are often, though not always, remarkable, and he crams more well-thought-out jabs and toe-steppings into this slim 250-page novel than I would have thought possible ...