Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships, better known simply as Gulliver's Travels (1726, amended 1735
An evocative exploration of how travel can inspire and enhance textile art Travel has always featured heavily in textile art, from artists’ ‘travelling sketchbooks’ to large-scale installations mappin
This beautiful hardback "Ladybird Classic" edition of "Gulliver's Travels" by Jonathan Swift is a perfect first illustrated introduction to the classic story for younger readers. It has been sensitive
Vibrant full-colour art work adds fresh appeal to these classic tales. Speech bubbles work with the main text to emphasise and enhance the retelling and make these graphic novels an ideal and accessi
Shipwrecked traveler Lemuel Gulliver finds himself in a kingdom inhabited by little people, after which his adventures take him to a land of giants and a society of rational horses, in the author'a br
A shipwreck brings Lemuel Gulliver to Lilliput, where he finds himself in a kingdom of tiny people. This experience is later reversed when he lands among the giants of Brobdingnag. And yet more contra
Gulliver's Travels is one of the few works of English literature which is also a landmark in world literature. Jonathan Swift's account of Lemuel Gulliver's adventures in the fantastical societies of 'remote nations' was an instant best-seller on publication in 1726 and has remained in the public imagination ever since, as both a satiric fantasy and an analysis of the human condition. This scholarly edition offers an authoritative text, based on the widest possible historical collation of the many editions published in Swift's lifetime; a detailed introduction and textual apparatus; and appendices and illustrations presenting important ancillary material with new clarity. Extensive notes and commentary open out the many layers of meaning and allusion in the text, identify new sources and parallels and offer wide-ranging historical background information. An important addition to the Cambridge Swift Edition, this volume will be indispensable for scholars and students of eighteenth-centu
