num_pages: 352
description: Considered the greatest satire ever written in English, Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels chronicles the fantastic voyages of Lemuel Gulliver, principally to four marvelous realms: Lilliput, where the people are six inches tall; Brobdingnag, a land inhabited by giants; Laputa, a wondrous flying island; and a country where the Houyhnhnms, a race of intelligent horses, are served by savage humanoid creatures called Yahoos.Beneath the surface of this enchanting fantasy lurks a devastating critique of human malevolence, stupidity, greed, vanity, and short-sightedness. A brilliant combination of adventure, humor, and philosophy, Gulliver’s Travels is one of literature’s most durable masterpieces. 
language: English
title: Gulliver's Travels
titlecomplete: Gulliver's Travels
characters: Lemuel Gulliver
genres: Classics, Adventure, British Literature, Fantasy, 18th Century, Novels, Classic Literature, School, Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 267802
places: Lilliput, Brobdingnag
publisher: Barnes & Noble Classics