Gulliver's Travels is a 1726 prose satire by Jonathan Swift, critiquing human nature and the "travellers' tales" genre, with Swift stating his intent was to provoke rather than entertain.
Gulliver's Travels, published in 1726 by Jonathan Swift, is a prose satire of human nature and the "travellers' tales" literary subgenre. Swift claimed his aim was to vex the world rather than divert it.
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| Back | Gulliver's Travels, or Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships is a prose satire[1][2] of 1726 by the Irish writer and clergyman Jonathan Swift, satirising both human nature and the "travellers' tales" literary subgenre. It is Swift's best known full-length work, and a classic of English literature. Swift claimed that he wrote Gulliver's Travels "to vex the world rather than divert it". |
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