description: Shipwrecked and cast adrift, Lemuel Gulliver wakes to find himself in Lilliput, an island inhabited by little people, whose six-inch height makes their quarrels over fashion and fame seem ridiculous. His subsequent encounters - with the crude giants of Brobdingnag, the abstracted scientists of Laputa, the philosophical Houyhnhnms and brutish Yahoos - give Gulliver new, bitter insights into human behaviour.
language: English
title: Guilliver's Travels
titlecomplete: Guilliver's Travels
characters: Lemuel Gulliver
genres: Classics, Adventure, British Literature, Fantasy, 18th Century, Novels, Classic Literature, School, Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 267812
places: Lilliput, Brobdingnag
publisher: Macmillan Pub Co