Gulliver's travels
By: Jonathan Swift ; edited with an introduction by Claude Rawson and notes by Ian Higgins.
Contributors: Rawson, Claude Julien.; Higgins, Ian.
Edition: New ed.
Series: Oxford world's classics; Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 362
Subjects: Gulliver, Lemuel (Fictitious character) -- Fiction; Voyages, Imaginary -- Early works to 1800; Travelers -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.; Early works to 1800.
Description: "Gulliver's travels purports to be a travel book. It is a blend of fantasy and realism and describes the shipwrecked Gulliver's encounters with the inhabitants of four places: Lilliput, Brobdingnag, Laputa, and the country of the Houyhnhnms"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [xlviii]-liii).
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Note on the text; title: Select bibliography; title: A chronology of Jonathan Swift; title: Gulliver's travels; title: Advertisement; title: A letter from Capt. Gulliver to his cousin Sympson; title: The publisher to the reader; title: A voyage to Lilliput; title: A voyage to Brobdingnag; title: A voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Luggnagg, Glubbdubdrib, and Japan; title: A voyage to the country of the Houyhnhnms.