Gulliver’s Travels

Name: Gulliver’s Travels
Author: Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift

English · 1726 · Fiction · Politics

Swift's satirical account of a ship's surgeon's voyages to strange lands, read for its sharp critique of politics, science, and human nature.

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Introduction: The Publisher to the Reader
Preface: A Letter from Captain Gulliver to His Cousin Sympson
Part I: A Voyage to Lilliput
Chapter IMy father had a small estate in Nottinghamshire: I was the third of…
Chapter IIWhen I found myself on my feet, I looked about me, and must confess I…
Chapter IIIMy gentleness and good behaviour had gained so far on the emperor and…
Chapter IVThe first request I made, after I had obtained my liberty, was, that…
Chapter VThe empire of Blefuscu is an island situated to the northeast of…
Chapter VIAlthough I intend to leave the description of this empire to a…
Chapter VIIBefore I proceed to give an account of my leaving this kingdom, it…
Chapter VIIIThree days after my arrival, walking out of curiosity to the…
Part II: A Voyage to Brobdingnag
Chapter IHaving been condemned, by nature and fortune, to active and restless…
Chapter IIMy mistress had a daughter of nine years old, a child of towardly…
Chapter IIIThe frequent labours I underwent every day, made, in a few weeks, a…
Chapter IVI now intend to give the reader a short description of this country…
Chapter VI should have lived happy enough in that country, if my littleness…
Chapter VII used to attend the king’s levee once or twice a week, and had often…
Chapter VIINothing but an extreme love of truth could have hindered me from…
Chapter VIIII had always a strong impulse that I should some time recover my…
Part III: A Voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Luggnagg, Glubbdubdrib, and Japan
Chapter II had not been at home above ten days, when Captain William Robinson…
Chapter IIAt my alighting, I was surrounded with a crowd of people, but those…
Chapter IIII desired leave of this prince to see the curiosities of the island…
Chapter IVAlthough I cannot say that I was ill treated in this island, yet I…
Chapter VThis academy is not an entire single building, but a continuation of…
Chapter VIIn the school of political projectors, I was but ill-entertained; the…
Chapter VIIThe continent, of which this kingdom is a part, extends itself, as I…
Chapter VIIIHaving a desire to see those ancients who were most renowned for wit…
Chapter IXThe day of our departure being come, I took leave of his highness…
Chapter XThe Luggnaggians are a polite and generous people; and although they…
Chapter XII thought this account of the struldbrugs might be some entertainment…
Part IV: A Voyage to the Country of the Houyhnhnms
Chapter II continued at home with my wife and children about five months, in a…
Chapter IIHaving travelled about three miles, we came to a long kind of…
Chapter IIIMy principal endeavour was to learn the language, which my master…
Chapter IVMy master heard me with great appearances of uneasiness in his…
Chapter VThe reader may please to observe, that the following extract of many…
Chapter VIMy master was yet wholly at a loss to understand what motives could…
Chapter VIIThe reader may be disposed to wonder how I could prevail on myself to…
Chapter VIIIAs I ought to have understood human nature much better than I…
Chapter IXOne of these grand assemblies was held in my time, about three months…
Chapter XI had settled my little economy to my own heart’s content. My master…
Chapter XII began this desperate voyage on February 15, 1714–15, at nine…
Chapter XIIThus, gentle reader, I have given thee a faithful history of my…

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