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Gulliver's TravelsOn the coverGulliver Exhibited to the Brobdingnag Farmer, Richard Redgrave, 1836
Gulliver's Travels
A ship’s surgeon washes up among tiny Lilliputians, towering giants, mad philosophers, and rational horses, Swift’s savage, hilarious satire of humanity disguised as a travel tale.
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Disguised as a children’s adventure, it’s the most savage satire of human nature ever written, funnier and far darker than you remember. Swift takes aim at everyone, including you.
SettingImaginary lands, c. 1700
An age of voyages of discovery, court intrigue, and confident faith in human reason, all of which Swift skewers, using imaginary nations to hold a merciless mirror to his own.