Gulliver's Travels |
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Author:
| Swift, Jonathan |
Introduction by:
| Winterson, Jeanette |
Series title: | Oxford World's Classics Hardcovers Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-19-210037-5 |
Publication Date: | Mar 2000 |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $13.00 |
Book Description:
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Gulliver's Travels (1726) is one of the most compelling satires ever written, rated by George Orwell among the six most indispensable books in world literature. Lemuel Gulliver's adventures in Lilliput, Brobdingnag, Laputa and in the country of the Houyhnhnms exposes the absurdity and hypocrisy of intellectuals and governments the world over. Jeanette Winterson is an award-winning novelist and short-story writer, author of Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit (1985), Sexing the Cherry...
More DescriptionGulliver's Travels (1726) is one of the most compelling satires ever written, rated by George Orwell among the six most indispensable books in world literature. Lemuel Gulliver's adventures in Lilliput, Brobdingnag, Laputa and in the country of the Houyhnhnms exposes the absurdity and hypocrisy of intellectuals and governments the world over. Jeanette Winterson is an award-winning novelist and short-story writer, author of Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit (1985), Sexing the Cherry (1989), Gut Symmetries (1997), and The World and Other Places (1998) among other books.