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Gulliver's Travels

Gulliver's Travels

Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels follows several voyages of Lemuel Gulliver, a ship's surgeon, who, because of a series of mishaps, repeatedly ends up on several uncharted islands among people and animals of unusual sizes, behaviors, and philosophies. Somehow, Gulliver always manages return home before setting out again on a new voyage. Jonathan Swift wrote Gulliver's Travels as a parody of voyage literature and to attack what he considered people's most conspicuous vices.

Book Summary

Jonathan Swift Biography

Early Years and Education

Swift's Career

Swift's Major Literary Works

About Gulliver's Travels

Summary, Analysis, and Original Text by Chapter

Book I: A Voyage to Lilliput: Chapter 1

Book I: A Voyage to Lilliput: Chapter 2

Book I: A Voyage to Lilliput: Chapter 3

Book I: A Voyage to Lilliput: Chapter 4

Book I: A Voyage to Lilliput: Chapter 5

Book I: A Voyage to Lilliput: Chapter 6

Book I: A Voyage to Lilliput: Chapter 7

Book I: A Voyage to Lilliput: Chapter 8

Book II: A Voyage to Brobdingnag: Chapter 1

Book II: A Voyage to Brobdingnag: Chapter 2

Book II: A Voyage to Brobdingnag: Chapter 3

Book II: A Voyage to Brobdingnag: Chapter 4

Book II: A Voyage to Brobdingnag: Chapter 5

Book II: A Voyage to Brobdingnag: Chapter 6

Book II: A Voyage to Brobdingnag: Chapter 7

Book II: A Voyage to Brobdingnag: Chapter 8

Book III: A Voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Luggnagg, Glubbdubdrib, and Japan: Chapter 1

Book III: A Voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Luggnagg, Glubbdubdrib, and Japan: Chapter 2

Book III: A Voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Luggnagg, Glubbdubdrib, and Japan: Chapter 3

Book III: A Voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Luggnagg, Glubbdubdrib, and Japan: Chapter 4

Book III: A Voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Luggnagg, Glubbdubdrib, and Japan: Chapter 5

Book III: A Voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Luggnagg, Glubbdubdrib, and Japan: Chapter 6

Book III: A Voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Luggnagg, Glubbdubdrib, and Japan: Chapter 7

Book III: A Voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Luggnagg, Glubbdubdrib, and Japan: Chapter 8

Book III: A Voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Luggnagg, Glubbdubdrib, and Japan: Chapter 9

Book III: A Voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Luggnagg, Glubbdubdrib, and Japan: Chapter 10

Book III: A Voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Luggnagg, Glubbdubdrib, and Japan: Chapter 11

Book IV: A Voyage to the Country of the Houyhnhnms: Chapter 1

Book IV: A Voyage to the Country of the Houyhnhnms: Chapter 2

Book IV: A Voyage to the Country of the Houyhnhnms: Chapter 3

Book IV: A Voyage to the Country of the Houyhnhnms: Chapter 4

Book IV: A Voyage to the Country of the Houyhnhnms: Chapter 5

Book IV: A Voyage to the Country of the Houyhnhnms: Chapter 6

Book IV: A Voyage to the Country of the Houyhnhnms: Chapter 7

Book IV: A Voyage to the Country of the Houyhnhnms: Chapter 8

Book IV: A Voyage to the Country of the Houyhnhnms: Chapter 9

Book IV: A Voyage to the Country of the Houyhnhnms: Chapter 10

Book IV: A Voyage to the Country of the Houyhnhnms: Chapter 11

Book IV: A Voyage to the Country of the Houyhnhnms: Chapter 12

Character List

Character Map

Character Analysis

Lemuel Gulliver

The Lilliputians

The Brobdingnagians

The Houyhnhnms

The Yahoos

Critical Essays

Philosophical and Political Background of Gulliver's Travels

Swift's Satire in Gulliver's Travels

Gulliver as a Dramatis Persona

Study and Homework Help

Full Glossary for Gulliver's Travels

Quiz

Essay Questions

Practice Projects

Cite this Literature Note

Take the Quiz Gulliver’s Travels is essentially a satire on
  1. ruler’s abuses of their subjects
  2. the problems of dysfunctional families
  3. the dangers of class systems
  4. the nature of man
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