Gulliver&Apos S Travels Jonathan Swift Penguin Classics Αγγλικά Βιβλία Fiction Modern

A Wickedly Clever Satire Uses Comic Inversions To Offer Telling Insights Into The Nature Of Man And Society Penguin Classics Edition Jonathan Swift\ S Gulliver\ Travels Is Edited With An Introduction Notes By Robert Demaria Jr Describes Four Voyages Lemuel Gulliver Ship\ Surgeon In Lilliput He Discovers World Miniature Towering Over People Their City Able View From Viewpoint God However Brobdingnag Land Giants Tiny Himself Comes Under Observation Exhibited As Curiosity At Markets Fairs Laputa Flying Island Encounters Speculators Projectors Who Have Lost All Grip On Everyday Reality While They Plan Calculate Country Lies Ruins Final Voyage Takes Him Houyhnhnms Gentle Horses Whom Quickly Admire - Contrast Yahoos Filthy Bestial Creatures Bear Disturbing Resemblance Humans This Text Based First 1726 Reproduces Original Illustrations Includes Which Discusses Ways Has Been Interpreted Since Its Publication Swift (1667-1745) Was Born Dublin Sent Kilkenny Grammar School When Six Later Attended Trinity College Where Received His Ba Degree 1686 Considered Foremost Prose Satirist English Language Stemmed Criticism Britain\ Repressive Colonial Policies Ireland Among Best Known Works Ironic Masterpiece \ Modest Proposal\ (1729) Novel (1726) If You Enjoyed Might Like H G Wells\ Time Machine Also Available Masterwork Irony That Contains Both Dark Bitter Meaning Joyous Extraordinary Creativity Imagination\ Malcolm Bradbury Σελίδες: 336 Διαστάσεις: 12 9X12 9Cm