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&&LDIV&&R&&LDIV&&R&&LI&&RGulliver''s Travels&&L/I&&R, by &&LB&&RJonathan Swift&&L/B&&R, is part of the&&LI&&RBarnes & Noble Classics&&L/I&&R&&LI&&R &&L/I&&Rseries, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of &&LI&&RBarnes & Noble Classics&&L/I&&R: &&LDIV&&R
  • New introductions commissioned from today''s top writers and scholars
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All editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. &&LI&&RBarnes & Noble Classics &&L/I&&Rpulls together a constellation of influences--biographical, historical, and literary--to enrich each reader''s understanding of these enduring works.&&L/DIV&&R&&L/DIV&&R&&L/DIV&&R&&LDIV&&R &&L/DIV&&R&&LDIV&&RConsidered the greatest satire ever written in English, &&LB&&RJonathan Swift&&L/B&&R''s &&LI&&RGulliver''s Travels&&L/I&&R chronicles the fantastic voyages of Lemuel Gulliver, principally to four marvelous realms: Lilliput, where the people are six inches tall; Brobdingnag, a land inhabited by giants; Laputa, a wondrous flying isl∧ and a country where the Houyhnhnms, a race of intelligent horses, are served by savage humanoid creatures called Yahoos.&&LBR&&R&&LBR&&RBeneath the surface of this enchanting fantasy lurks a devastating critique of human malevolence, stupidity, greed, vanity, and short-sightedness. A brilliant combination of adventure, humor, and philosophy, &&LI&&RGulliver''s Travels&&L/I&&R is one of literature''s most durable masterpieces.&&LBR&&R&&L/DIV&&R&&LDIV&&R&&LP style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&&R&&LSTRONG&&RMichael Seidel&&L/B&&R&&L/B&&R is Jesse and George Siegel Professor in the Humanities at Columbia University. He has written widely on eighteenth-century literature. His books include &&LI&&RSatiric Inheritance: Rabelais to Sterne&&L/I&&R (1979), &&LI&&RExile and the Narrative Imagination&&L/I&&R (1986), and &&LI&&RRobinson Crusoe: Island Myths and the Novel&&L/I&&R (1991). &&L/P&&R&&L/DIV&&R
ISBN-13

9781593080570

ISBN-10

1593080573

Weight

0.40 Pounds

Dimensions

4.13 x 0.92 x 6.75 In

List Price

$4.95

Format

-

Language

English

Pages

368 pages

Publisher

Sterling Publishing

Published On

2003-10-01


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