Synopsis:
This book
Gulliver's Travels begins with a short preamble in which Lemuel Gulliver, in the literary style of the time, gives a brief outline of his life and history before his voyages. He enjoys travelling, although it is that love of travel that is his downfall. Gulliver always dreamt of travelling the world. But when a violent storm claims his ship and casts him adrift among unchartered lands, he is taken to places that he had never imagined that could actually exist. The story is divided into 4 parts namely:
PART I: A Voyage to Lilliput
Part II: A Voyage to Brobdingnag
Part III: A Voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Luggnagg,and Glubbdubdrib
Part IV: A Voyage to the Country of the Houyhnhnms
About the Author:
This book is authored by Jonathan Swift in Ireland. His Father had died some seven months before Jonathan was born, and his mother would later move to England when he was still a young boy. While studying he had begun to write poetry, but would turn his attention to a prose based in satire. After publishing his first major work, A Tale of a Tub, in 1704, Jonathan turned his attention to another area that interested him-politics. As a writer, his most accomplished work was published in 1726; Gulliver's Travels was immediately successful and its tapestry of fantasy and biting satire captured the public's imagination, and would see Jonathan forever respected for his wit as a writer.
