Gulliver's Travels & Robinson Crusoe: Slip-case Edition (Perfect partners) - Hardcover

Swift, Jonathan; Defoe, Daniel

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1784282901 ISBN 13: 9781784282905

Publisher: Arcturus Publishing Limited, 2016

Synopsis

Gulliver's Travels is a satire of travellers' tales. Upon its publication in 1726, it became immediately popular and has never been out of print. Centring on the travels of Lemuel Gulliver, it made famous the Kingdom of Lilliput and its tiny inhabitants. A work of satire, Gulliver's destinations and the people he encounters poke fun at both the political situation that existed in Britain during Swift's time and also at the human condition. Robinson Crusoe was first published in 1719 and credited Crusoe as the author, so readers believed that he was a real person. Shipwrecked, Crusoe spends 30 years on a remote tropical island before being rescued. It is thought to be one of the first novels in the realistic style and was well received from its first publication. The inspiration for Crusoe himself was believed to be Alexander Selkirk, a Scot who was shipwrecked for four years on a Pacific island that is now part of Chile.

About this title

About the Author:

Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) was best known as Dean of St Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin, Ireland. A pamphleteer, essayist and writer (most notably of satires), he was related through his grandmother to the poet John Dryden. Daniel Defoe was an English trader, writer, journalist, pamphleteer, and spy, most famous for Robinson Crusoe.

About this edition

• Publisher: Arcturus Publishing Limited
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1784282901
• ISBN 13: 9781784282905
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 588