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Gulliver's Travels
The Wordsworth Edition has an annotated table of contents, an introduction and notes by Doreen Roberts. 250 pgs, pb.
With an Introduction and Notes by Doreen Roberts, Rutherford College, University of Kent at Canterbury.
Jonathan Swift's classic satirical narrative was first published in 1726, seven years after Defoe's Robinson Crusoe (one of its few rivals in fame and breadth of appeal).
As a parody travel-memoir it reports on extraordinary lands and societies, whose names have entered the English language: notably the minute inhabitants of Lilliput, the giants of Brobdingnag, and the Yahoos in Houyhnhnmland, where talking horses are the dominant species. It spares no vested interest from its irreverent wit, and its attack on political and financial corruption, as well as abuses in science, continue to resonate in our own times.
Wordsworth classics are complete, unabridged editions of timeless literature and poetry offered at a very affordable price. Each one is delightfully illustrated and carefully reprinted to appeal to the general public while preserving its high quality. Some of the most popular novels to study in school, such as Uncle Tom's Cabin and Charles Dickens' The Pickwick Papers, include more in-depth, insightful introductions as well as helpful notes in the back of the book to offer readers definitions or background to words or phrases appearing in the text. ~ Steph
Product Format: | Softcover Book |
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Brand: | Wordsworth Editions |
Author: | J. Swift |
Grades: | 7-AD |
ISBN: | 9781853260278 |
Length in Inches: | 7.75 |
Width in Inches: | 5 |
Height in Inches: | 0.625 |
Weight in Pounds: | 0.4 |