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Let’s face it…. Jonathan Swift was a snarky , snarky bitch . Gulliver’s Travels is like a giant pimp slap across the human race face and I am so glad I finally read this in a non-school , non-structured environment because I had a whole lot more fun with it this time around. Swift’s wit, insight an Leggi tutto

Okay, I didn't finish this sucker. It was poor. I was kind of shocked. I was thinking why does no one point out that this is a giant rip off of Honey I Shrunk the Kids and Honey I Blew Up the Kid? It's painfully obvious. I don't see why this Danial Defoe mope has not had his ass sued, maybe he avoid Leggi tutto

هي مجموعة صفعات متتالية على وجه البشرية جمعاء..فعندما ترفضك الجياد الناطقة بلطف..لانها اكثر منك تحضرا و رشدا..اذن فلتعد يا "جاليفر "من رحلاتك الاربعة..حزينا كسيرالهذه الروايات مكانة خاصة في قلبي..فهي أول رحلاتي الطويلة لعالم الفانتازيا والخيال بلا حدود..فمن خلال الترجمة الرشيقة للعبقري كامل الكيلاني Leggi tutto

(Book 983 from 1001 books) - Gulliver’s Travels (1736), Jonathan Swift Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World in Four Parts by Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon & then a Captain of Several Ships, Jonathan Swift Part I: A Voyage to Lilliput. Part II: A Voyage to Brobdingnag. Part III: A Voyage t Leggi tutto

"The rats on board carried away one of my sheep;" "Care and vigilance, with a very common understanding, may preserve a man’s goods from thieves, but honesty has no defence against superior cunning;" It seems that I had a completely incorrect opinion of what Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travel

Lemuel Gulliver was the first who discovered the theory of relativity: he comprehended that everything in the world is relative therefore while amongst Lilliputians he is a giant, amongst Brobdingnagians he is a midget. Eccentricity excellently stands against the erosion of time – much better than an Leggi tutto

“Undoubtedly, philosophers are in the right when they tell us that nothing is great or little otherwise than by comparison.” Swift’s masterpiece, brilliant satire Gulliver's Travels was published in 1726. Swift lived in the 18th century, times of great societal changes when the legacy of Enlightenmen Leggi tutto

Everyone remembers poor Gulliver in breeches and three-cornered hat, pinned down with cords on a beach, by an army of minute soldiers. A young boy’s nightmare, no doubt, but there is much more to this book than this rosy image, reproduced endlessly on the pediments of toy shops and theme parks. This Leggi tutto

"And he gave it for his opinion, "that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together." I don't thin

Oh man. This book was sheer torture. The writing was dry and bland and boring. Swift had some really interesting ideas - An island of people no larger than your finger. Another island with people that are 60 feet tall. A floating island, an island of scientists, the island of Yahoos...but the executi Leggi tutto