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Lädt ... Gulliver's Travels (1726)von Jonathan Swift
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. FB: (Vintage Paperback Forum) "Gulliver's Travels" by Jonathan Swift. I read this as sophomore in high school in about 1966. I remember enjoying this a lot. My original cover, complete with doodles, which I still own. I was pleasantly surprised when I read this book. In addition to the travels with which we are all familiar, there were other mysterious lands also visited by Gulliver. There are a number of philosophical thoughts sprinkled throughout, as well as a number of jabs delivered to the government. There are a lot of political viewpoints and legal suggestions that take this work into an intellectual realm without detracting from the story. A solid novel, worth reading. Gulliver is a ship's surgeon. He takes four voyage and through various circumstances finds himself in strange lands. In Lilliput he is a giant. The inhabitants are tiny people who at first appear cute, but upon closer inspection the reader realizes they are an extremely petty population. The next voyage lands Gulliver in Brobdingnag. Here Gulliver is dwarfed by the people. Interestingly, for Gulliver, the roles are reversed; he now appears to be the petty, peevish individual. On voyage three, Gulliver visits Laputa, Balnibarbi, Glubbdudrib, Luggnagg, and Japan. Most of the time the inhabitants view life in an inaccurate perspective. Gulliver realizes most of the people embrace ideas that are not really practical. He also sees that the upper class and royalty persecute those that are not their equals.The final voyage provides Gulliver interaction with the Houyhnhnms and the Yahoos. The Houyhnhnms are a most logical race and greatly admired by Gulliver. The Yahoos, on the other hand, are brutish and savage. Gulliver despises this race. Unfortunately, when Gulliver returns home he views his fellow humans as very similar to the Yahoos and can hardly tolerate their presence, including his wife! Gulliver, for all of his exotic travels, appears utterly unhappy in his existence. keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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HTML: Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift is a witty and insightful satirical novel recounts the history of Lemuel Gulliver, "First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of several Ships". In his travels Gulliver visits the Land of Lilliput, where he towers over the local inhabitants, the land of Brobdingnag where he is much smaller than the citizens, the floating island of Laputa, infested with fanatical scientists who in their obsession with reason behave with no sense at all and finally to the land of the brutish Yahoos who look to all intents and purposes like humans and are derided by the intelligent horse people. John Gay said in a 1726 letter to Swift that "it is universally read, from the cabinet council to the nursery" .Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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