Gulliver's Travels is a prose satire by Irish writer and clergyman Jonathan Swift, that is both a satire on human nature and the "travellers' tales" literary subgenre. It is Swift's best known full-length work, and a classic of English literature. (from wikipedia.org)

Gulliver's Travels

In ancient times, as story tells,

The saints would often leave their cells,

And stroll about, but hide their quality,

To try good people's hospitality.

It happened on a winter night,

As authors of the legend write,

Two brother hermits, saints by trade,

Taking their tour in masquerade,

Disguised in tattered habits, went

To a small village down in Kent;

Where, in the strollers' canting strain,

They begged from door to door in vain;

Tried every tone might pity win,

But not a soul would let them in.

The Battle of the Books

Quand il débarque à Lilliput, Gulliver apparaît comme un géant au milieu de Pygmées hautement civilisés de quinze centimètres. A la terreur et à la stupeur succèdent une intelligence mutuelle et une entraide qui motivent, avant que la situation ne se gâte, la longue escale du héros...A la parution de ce conte corrosif, le succès fut immédiat : les contemporains ne manquèrent de lire entre les lignes la satire de la cour d'Angleterre que proposait Swift. Il ne se démentit jamais par la suite, car l'auteur avant tout y raconte une simple et universelle histoire, l'une des plus belles utopies de la littérature.

Le Voyage à Lilliput

Published anonymously in 1729, Jonathan Swift's satirical essay, A Modest Proposal, puts forth the darkly comical idea that the starving poor of Ireland might alleviate their economic condition by selling their children as food for wealthy gentlemen and ladies. At its core, Swift's Modest Proposal satirizes English exploitation of Ireland in particular and the heartless attitude that rich elites can develop towards the poor in general. Along with Gulliver's Travels, A Modest Proposal is an early English example of the black comedic genre. HarperTorch brings great works of non-fiction and the dramatic arts to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperTorch collection to build your digital library.

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Gulliver's travel

Le 4 mai 1699, Lemuel Gulliver embarque à bord de «l'Antilope» comme chirurgien. En pleine mer, le navire fait naufrage. Seul rescapé, Gulliver échoue sur l'île de Lilliput, un étrange royaume dont les habitants mesurent à peine une quinzaine de centimètres. Devenu un géant malgré lui, Gulliver terrifie les Lilliputiens qui tentent de le retenir prisonnier.

Premier voyage de Gulliver ; voyage à Lilliput

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 'I cannot but conclude the bulk of your natives to be the most pernicious race of little odious vermin that nature ever suffered to crawl upon the surface of the earth.'

 Shipwrecked on the high seas, Lemuel Gulliver finds himself washed up on the strange island of Lilliput, a land inhabited by quarrelsome miniature people. On his travels he continues to meet others who force him to reflect on human behaviour - the giants of Brobdingnag, the Houyhnhnms and the Yahoos. In this scathing satire on the politics and morals of the 18th Century, Swift's condemnation of society and its institutions still resonates today.

Gulliver's Travels

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