num_pages: 333
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: Novels, School, 18th Century, Literature, Classic Literature, Fantasy, Classics, British Literature, Adventure, Fiction
ratings_count: 267761
places: Brobdingnag, Lilliput
publisher: Barnes & Noble Classics