{"product_id":"gullivers-travels-9780451531131","title":"Gulliver's Travels","description":"\u003cb\u003eSet sail on an incredible journey with Jonathan Swift's satiric masterpiece.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA fantastical tale, \u003ci\u003eGulliver's Travels\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of the four voyages of Lemuel Gulliver, an English ship's surgeon. First, he is shipwrecked in the land of Lilliput, where the alarmed residents are only six inches tall. His second voyage takes him to the land of Brobdingnag, where the people are sixty feet tall. Further adventures bring Gulliver to an island that floats in the sky, and to a land where horses are endowed with reason and beasts are shaped like men. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Read by children as an adventure story and by adults as a devastating satire of society, \u003ci\u003eGulliver's Travels\u003c\/i\u003e remains a fascinating blend of travelogue, realism, symbolism, and fantastic voyage--all with a serious philosophical intent. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eWith an Introduction by Leo Damrosch\u003cbr\u003eand an Afterword by Nathanial Rich \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIncludes thirty illustrations by Charles Brock and five maps of Gulliver's journeys. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jonathan Swift\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Signet Book\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/02\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Mass Market Paperbound\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.36lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.70h x 4.10w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780451531131\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAudience:\u003c\/b\u003e Young Adult\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 13.5\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 25\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e507 \/ Gulliver's Travels (Unabridged)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJonathan Swift \u003c\/b\u003e(1667-1745) was born in Dublin, Ireland. From 1689 to 1699, he worked as secretary to Sir William Temple in Moor Park, Surrey, England, returning for a short period to Ireland in 1694, where he was ordained an Anglican priest. It was during his stay in Moor Park that Swift discovered his talent for writing satire. From 1708 to 1714, much of his time was spent on ecclesiastic missions in London, where the brilliance of his political pamphleteering earned him the respect of the leading governmental figures of his day. For the remaining thirty-odd years of his life, he served as Dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin. During this period he wrote \u003ci\u003eGulliver's Travels\u003c\/i\u003e (published in 1726) and went on to become a national hero for defending Ireland against the inequities of the English Whigs. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eLeo Damrosch\u003c\/b\u003e has taught at the universities of Virginia and Maryland and at Harvard University, where he is presently Ernest Bernbaum Professor of Literature. He has published books on such subjects as Samuel Johnson, Alexander Pope, William Blake, and the eighteenth-century novel, His biography \u003ci\u003eJean-Jacques Rousseau: Restless Genius\u003c\/i\u003e, was one of five finalists for the 2005 National Book Award in Nonfiction, and won the L. L. Winship\/PEN New England Award for best work of nonfiction. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eNathaniel Rich\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novel \u003ci\u003eThe Mayor's Tongue\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the senior editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e and has written for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e, among other publications.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Jonathan Swift \/ Mass Market Paperbound \/ English","offer_id":47876568285341,"sku":"9780451531131","price":17.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_4d531280-dc66-4777-ba85-c259cdb2accb.jpg?v=1777382034","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/gullivers-travels-9780451531131","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}