“ Gulliver’s Travel ” by Jonathan Swift . “ Gulliver’s Travels ”, or “ Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships ” is the most brilliant as well as the most bitter and controversial satires by an Irish novelist , Jonathan Swift . He claims that he wrote “ Gulliver’s Travels ‘to vex the world rather than divert it ”. Additionally, The book’s first edition was released in two volumes on 28 th October, 1726 . Alexander Pope , friend of Gulliver , pens a set of five Verses on “ Gulliver’s Travels ,” which Swift liked so much that he added them to the second edition of the book, though they are rarely included. “ Gulliver’s Travels ” has been described as a Menippean satire , a children’s story, proto-science fiction and a forerunner of the modern novel . It combines adventure with savage satire and mocking English customs and the politics of the day. For the first time, “ Gulliver’s Tra
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