Gulliver's Travels (Calla Editions) - Hardcover

Swift, Jonathan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 160660063X ISBN 13: 9781606600634

Publisher: Dover Children's, 2014

Synopsis

Swift's timeless parody has been printed in numerous formats since it's original publication in 1726: this might be the most magical. Ship's surgeon Lemuel Gulliver's fantastic adventures in Lilliput, Brobdingnag, and other bizarre lands have been elegantly enhanced by the breathtaking illustrations of Golden Age great Arthur Rackham: 12 vibrant watercolor plates as well as dozens of other smaller pen-and-ink vignettes and headpieces.

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Review:

[Coralie Bickford-Smith's] recent work for Penguin Classics is...nothing short of glorious (Anna Cole Co.)

From the Publisher:

Lemuel Gulliver, ship's surgeon and castaway, has awaken in Lilliput, where the size of the tiny inhabitants makes their concerns and quarrels seem ridiculous. A second journey takes him to the kingdom of giants, where again his size gives him new adrift by pirates, Gulliver's final voyage brings him to the land of the Houyhnhms, horses with reason, who share their domain with the brutish Yahoos. He returns to England a changed man.

Swift's corrosive satire embraces all aspects of humanity. It is witty when dealing with foibles and frailty, bitterly when facing pride and stupidity, but compassionate and unsentimental when focused upon suffering.

About this edition

• Publisher: Dover Children's
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 160660063X
• ISBN 13: 9781606600634
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 336