Gulliver's travels : A tale of a tub . The battle of the books / Jonathan Swift ; an introduction by Carl Van Doren .

By: Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745 [author]
Contributor(s): Rawson, Claude Julien | Higgins, Ian
Series: Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press): Publisher: New York : Modern Library , 1931Description: 550 pages ; 17 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume Subject(s): Gulliver, Lemuel (Fictitious character) -- Fiction | Voyages, Imaginary -- Early works to 1800 | Travelers -- FictionGenre/Form: Fantasy fiction. | Satire.LOC classification: PR3724 | .G7 1931Online resources: Table of contents only | Publisher description | Contributor biographical information
Contents:
Introduction -- Note on the text -- Select bibliography -- A chronology of Jonathan Swift -- Gulliver's travels -- Advertisement -- A letter from Capt. Gulliver to his cousin Sympson -- The publisher to the reader -- A voyage to Lilliput -- A voyage to Brobdingnag -- A voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Luggnagg, Glubbdubdrib, and Japan -- A voyage to the country of the Houyhnhnms.
Summary: "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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [xlviii]-liii).

Introduction -- Note on the text -- Select bibliography -- A chronology of Jonathan Swift -- Gulliver's travels -- Advertisement -- A letter from Capt. Gulliver to his cousin Sympson -- The publisher to the reader -- A voyage to Lilliput -- A voyage to Brobdingnag -- A voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Luggnagg, Glubbdubdrib, and Japan -- A voyage to the country of the Houyhnhnms.

"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.

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