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Cosimo Gullivers Travels Into Several Remote Nations Of The World In Four Parts by Jonathan Swift
Gulliver'S Travels, Published First In 1726 And Again In 1735, Is The Most Well-Known Work Of Irish Satirist Jonathan Swift. It Is The Story Of Lemuel Gulliver, Who Captains A Ship And Sails The World, Stopping In Odd Locations (Such As Lilliput, Brobdingnag, And Glubbdubdrib) And Getting Into All Sorts Of Trouble. During His Adventures, He Is Held Captive By A Tiny Race Of People No Taller Than Six Inches, Becomes An Exhibition For Giants, And Meets A Race Of Horses (Houyhnhnms) Who Rule Humans (Yahoos). The Entire Work Is A Parody Of The "Travel" Genre Of Literature (Which Was Immensely Popular At The Time) And A Satire On Human Nature In General. This Classic, Which Includes All Four Of Gulliver'S Adventures, Is A Delight For Readers Young And Old. Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) Was An Irish Poet, Essayist, Satirist, Political Pamphleteer (For Both Whigs And Tories), And Cleric. Swift Is The Most Well-Known Prose Satirist In The English Language, Renowned For His Works Gulliver'S Travels, A Tale Of A Tub, And An Argument Against Abolishing Christianity, Among Others. He Was A Master Of Two Styles Of Satire: Horatian And Juvenalian, And Originally Published All His Works Under Pseudonyms.