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Beneath the surface of this enchanting fantasy lurks a devastating critique of human malevolence, stupidity, greed, vanity, and short-sightedness. A brilliant combination of adventure, humor, and philosophy, Gulliver’s Travels is one of literature’s most durable masterpieces.
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"It is universally read, from the
cabinet council to the nursery," remarked Alexander Pope when Gulliver's Travels was published in 1726. One of the unique books of world literature, Swift's masterful satire describes the astonishing voyages of one Lemuel Gulliver, a ship's surgeon, to surreal kingdoms inhabited by miniature people and giants, quack philosophers and scientists, horses endowed with reason and men who behave like beasts. Written with great wit and invention, Gulliver's Travels is a savage parody on man and his institutions that has captivated readers for nearly three centuries.
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- PublisherGrosset & Dunlap
- Publication date1947
- ISBN 10 0448058103
- ISBN 13 9780448058108
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages306
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Type: Hardback Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition with a Good Dust Jacket. Revised snd slightly abridged for readers of our times. 1977 Printing of this 1947 Edition, beautifully illustrated by Aldren Watson in color and black and white. Originally Published in 1726, Gulliver's Travels is the best-known title of Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, by Lemuel Gulliver. a satire masterpiece written in the form of a journal by Jonathan Swift(1667-1745). It is a bitter satire, a tale of the four voyages of Lemuel Gulliver, a ship's surgeon. It appeals to younger reader's as a fantastic story of the Land of the Lilliput where people are 6 inches high and the Land of the Brobdingnag where the people are 60 feet high. Beneath the surface of this fantasy, is a devastating critique of human malevolence, stupidity, greed, vanity and short-sightedness. A brilliant combination of adventure, humor and philosophy. 18th century literature. Handsome binding in illustrated tan cloth with red ships. spine cloth decorated and with red title panel, in near fine condition. Illustrated endpapers. Internals are in Fine Condition----clean, unmarked, no creases, gift inscription on endpaper. . 306 pages. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Grosset & Dunlap, New York. Seller Inventory # 028270
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+ Dust Jacket. Illustrated by Aldren Watson (illustrator). 1st Edition Thus. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Color Illustrations; Series: Barnes and Noble Classics Series; 306 pages; Decorative hard cover boards with orange ships with sails on front and back. Spine is dark blue with orange title box with orange lettering. Illustration above the title box. Spine is straight, binding is tight. Pages are unmarked and clean and remain bright. Dust jacket has very light shelf wear/rubbing. No tears or creasing. Seller Inventory # 3046
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