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Gulliver’s Travels
- Author
- Jonathan Swift
- Narrator
- David Thorn
- Publisher
- Alcazar AudioWorks
- Publish Date
- 20 February 2014
- Run Time
- 11 hours 30 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Gulliver had always wanted to see the world. But whenever he steps on board a ship, bad luck always seems near at hand. He is shipwrecked, abandoned, marooned and mutinied against—and each time lands in a strange and curious place.
First he discovers the kingdom of the small people of Lilliput, whose height make their petty quarrels seem ridiculous. Gulliver then encounters the giants of Brobdingnag, who are amazed by how tiny he is, and treat him like a pampered pet. But his smallness leads him into many dangers, and he longs to escape and make his way home. Will he ever see England again?
Critics Review
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“A masterwork of irony…that contains both a dark and bitter meaning and a joyous, extraordinary creativity of imagination. That’s why it has lived for so long."
Malcolm Bradbury, author of The History Man
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“Here is a book come out, that all our people of taste run mad about…and very wonderful it is.”
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, English aristocrat and writer
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“One of the masterpieces of satire among the world’s literature.”
Masterpieces of World Literature
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“A multifarious book, it is various in its appeal: it is enchantingly playful and fantastic and is often read by children; it is a witty, allegorical depiction of the political life and values of Swift’s time; it is a bitter denunciation of mankind; finally it is Swift’s reflections on man’s corruption of his highest attribute, reason.”
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Details
- Author
- Jonathan Swift
- Narrator
- David Thorn
- Duration
- 11 hours 30 minutes
- Release Date
- 20 February 2014
- ISBN
- 9781483011042
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Alcazar AudioWorks
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage fiction: Classic fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories
Synopsis
Gulliver had always wanted to see the world. But whenever he steps on board a ship, bad luck always seems near at hand. He is shipwrecked, abandoned, marooned and mutinied against—and each time lands in a strange and curious place.First he discovers the kingdom of the small people of Lilliput, whose height make their petty quarrels seem ridiculous. Gulliver then encounters the giants of Brobdingnag, who are amazed by how tiny he is, and treat him like a pampered pet. But his smallness leads him into many dangers, and he longs to escape and make his way home. Will he ever see England again?
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