GULLIVER´S TRAVELS - SWIFT, JONATHAN

Autor: SWIFT, JONATHAN

ISBN:978-84-9001-923-8//RESUMEN:My father had a small estate in Nottinghamshire: I was the third of five sons. He sent me to Emanuel College in Cambridge at fourteen years old, where I resided three years, and applied myself close to my studies; but the charge of maintaining me...öTravels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships, commonly known as Gulliver`s Travels (1726, amended 1735), is a prose satire by Anglo-Irish writer and clergyman Jonathan Swift, that is both a satire on human nature and a parody of the ´travellers` tales´ literary subgenre. It is Swift`s best known full-length work, and a classic of English literature.The book became popular as soon as it was published. The book begins with a short preamble in which Lemuel Gulliver, in the style of books 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`s Travels has been the recipient of several designations: from Menippean satire to a children`s story, from proto-Science Fiction to a forerunner of the modern novel.