Author: Jonathan Swift
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 224

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Author: Jonathan Coe
Publisher: Pushkin Children's Books
ISBN: 1782690190
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 97

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"For the first time in his life, Gulliver felt ashamed of himself and his fellow-humans." Gulliver is a travel-hungry and adventurous ship's doctor, who has the odd misfortune of being ship-wrecked four times in as many voyages. Through Jonathan Coe's expert retelling of Swift's famous satire about our human hubris and desires, today's young readers are swept along as Gulliver finds himself a giant among tiny humans in Lilliput; a tiny human among giants in Brobdignag; on the flying island of Laputa, with its most impractical intellectuals; and finally in the land of the Houyhnhnms, talking horses who think precious little of human "Yahoos". Dave Eggers says, of the series: "I couldn't be prouder to be a part of it. Ever since Alessandro conceived this idea I thought it was brilliant. The editions that they've complied have been lushly illustrated and elegantly designed."

Author: Volter KILPI
Publisher: Zeta Books
ISBN: 6066971220
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 366

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When the great Finnish modernist genius Volter Kilpi died in the summer of 1939 at the age of 64, he left behind an unfinished novel manuscript about Lemuel Gulliver’s fifth voyage—this one supposedly to the North Pole, though along the way the ship is sucked into a vortex near the Pole and hurtled two centuries ahead in time. He and three surviving shipmates end up in London in 1938, wondering how to get back to their time. In addition to translating what Kilpi wrote into Swiftian English, Douglas Robinson has here written the incomplete novel to the end, based on Kilpi’s report to his son on how he planned to return the men to 1738. Because Kilpi also playfully pretended to have “found” the original English manuscript, presumably written by Lemuel Gulliver himself, and “translated” it into Finnish, Robinson goes along with that pretense and pretends to have rediscovered and “edited” and “annotated” the original English manuscript—written, perhaps, not by Gulliver but (at least partly) by Jonathan Swift. The addition of Robinson’s English translation of Volter Kilpi’s “translator’s preface” and two fictional constructs—anonymous “random notes toward a vorticist manifesto” (1914) and an ersatz “reader’s report” by an imaginary Finnish Kilpi scholar named Julius Nyrkki—transforms the entire volume into a postmodern “critical edition” that would have tickled Volter Kilpi pink.

Author: Jonathan Swift
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781582791814
Category : Satire
Languages : en
Pages : 318

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Author: Lisa Findlay
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0307771571
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 50

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This simple retelling of Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels focuses on the first voyage—Gulliver's time on the island of Lilliput. It is a great way to introduce newly independent readers to this classic adventure. Gulliver loves the life he's leading. As a doctor on a ship he travels to some very interesting places. But life at sea can be dangerous, too. Gulliver's ship is destroyed in a storm, and it takes every bit of his strength to swim to shore, where he falls asleep all alone. But he is not alone for long! Gulliver awakens to find himself being held captive on an island called Lilliput by people who are only six inches tall! Although they don't trust him at first, soon enough the Lilliputians see how handy it can be to have Gulliver around—at least some of the time. And Gulliver adds another exotic, exciting, and very funny adventure to his life experiences!

Author: Ann Keay Beneduce
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780750015356
Category : Fantasy fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32

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Author: Frederik N. Smith
Publisher: University of Delaware Press
ISBN: 9780874133592
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 274

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A reevaluation of Swift's masterpiece and a test of the usefulness of examining a text through the perspective of genre. Gulliver is explored from the standpoint of picaresque, history, novel, children's literature, illustrated book, scientific prose, science fiction, philosophical treatise, and satire.

Author: Tripp Friedler
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781933205007
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Learn about the 6-step process Tripp uses to cut the strings that tie his clients down. Along the way the book will take a look at a number of Gullivers who have already been freed. You'll see how they succeeded in pursuing their passions, thus prospering. You'll learn that you can begin t his journey for yourself. You learn to choose and change to your best life's work and personal financial program.

Author: Jonathan Swift
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 388

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Author: Mike Anderson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781892989819
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 297

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This second edition of a teacher favorite features a fresh, easy-to-use layout including color coding by grade level, more support for student engagement in academics, greater emphasis on the effective use of teacher language, and a dedicated chapter on the all-important first day of school.