{"product_id":"9781915054920-gullivers-travels-legend-classics","title":"Gulliver’s Travels (Legend Classics)","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e“Every man desires to live long, but no man wishes to be old.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAs a survivor of a shipwreck, Lemuel Gulliver encounters some entirely absurd things – at first, he is in the land of Lilliputians, the tiny men; but later he ventures to the land of the giants. The tale continues to oscillate between the extremes as he meets immensely wise and scientifically aware people before being faced with excessive self-preoccupation and ignorance. Whatever that societal order, Gulliver consistently is a witness to the abuse of power. The satire often overemphasises the contraries in order to accentuate our individual and societal flaws and proneness to being corrupt and biased. In such a distinct way it rebukes human narrow-mindedness and accentuates our subjectivity.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe novel’s multivalence has made it a celebrated children’s bedtime read – in particular, the first book – as well as a treasury of satirical metaphors and allusions that expose human and societal flaws in general and those of the English nobility in particular. The novel is an answer to Robinson Crusoe – it mocks Defoe’s protagonist’s too-good-to-be-true human aptness and reason. While some might find Swift’s modus operandi misanthropic, others will see him as a pragmatist who exemplifies how the excesses and polarities are detrimental and yet inescapable. Silly and bizarre, thought-provoking and alarming, this work is meant to be read and re-read as equally a jolly story and a philosophical or political collage of insights.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eLegend Classics\u003c\/i\u003e series:\u003cbr\u003eAround the World in Eighty Days\u003cbr\u003eThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn\u003cbr\u003eThe Importance of Being Earnest\u003cbr\u003eAlice's Adventures in Wonderland\u003cbr\u003eThe Metamorphosis\u003cbr\u003eThe Railway Children\u003cbr\u003eThe Hound of the Baskervilles\u003cbr\u003eFrankenstein\u003cbr\u003eWuthering Heights\u003cbr\u003eThree Men in a Boat\u003cbr\u003eThe Time Machine\u003cbr\u003eLittle Women\u003cbr\u003eAnne of Green Gables\u003cbr\u003eThe Jungle Book\u003cbr\u003eThe Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories\u003cbr\u003eDracula\u003cbr\u003eA Study in Scarlet\u003cbr\u003eLeaves of Grass\u003cbr\u003eThe Secret Garden\u003cbr\u003eThe War of the Worlds\u003cbr\u003eA Christmas Carol\u003cbr\u003eStrange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde\u003cbr\u003eHeart of Darkness\u003cbr\u003eThe Scarlet Letter\u003cbr\u003eThis Side of Paradise\u003cbr\u003eOliver Twist\u003cbr\u003eThe Picture of Dorian Gray\u003cbr\u003eTreasure Island\u003cbr\u003eThe Turn of the Screw\u003cbr\u003eThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer\u003cbr\u003eEmma\u003cbr\u003eThe Trial\u003cbr\u003eA Selection of Short Stories by Edgar Allan Poe\u003cbr\u003eGrimm Fairy Tales\u003cbr\u003eThe Awakening\u003cbr\u003eMrs Dalloway\u003cbr\u003eGulliver’s Travels\u003cbr\u003eThe Castle of Otranto\u003cbr\u003eSilas Marner\u003cbr\u003eHard Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40650515415137,"sku":"9781915054920","price":8.01,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27870303.jpg?v=1722153323","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781915054920-gullivers-travels-legend-classics","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}