Gulliver's Travels

Annotation for the book "Gulliver's Travels" by J. Swift:We first encounter this story in childhood in a heavily abridged version, adapted for the young reader, but this edition offers a full and by no means childish version.By a twist of fate, the ship's surgeon Lemuel Gulliver finds himself on a ship that wrecks. Thus begins the hero's sixteen-year journey: from Lilliput to the land of horses with human intelligence — the Houyhnhnms. Swift, with the help of a fantastic plot, gentle irony, and at times biting sarcasm, ridicules human vices and exposes the social ills of society. Read more…