Gulliver's Travels
Book Author Jonathan Swift
DescriptionGulliver's Travels (1726, amended 1735), officially 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 a novel by Irish writer and clergyman Jonathan Swift that is both a satire on human nature and a parody of the "travellers' tales" literary sub-genre. It is Swift's best known full-length work, and a classic of English literature.
The book became tremendously popular as soon as it was published. Since then, it has never been out of print. The book is also required reading for many high school students and literature students.