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Gulliver sees life from many different perspectives during the course of his exciting voyages around the world. In Lilliput he is a giant among a race of little people only six inches high; in Brobdingnag he himself seems tiny compared to the giant inhabitants; and in the country of the Houyhnhnms, horses rule and the human creatures there have the status of animals. Life back in England seems very ordinary after all that he has seen.
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Mirovai͡ volume a klassika
Pub. Date
2021.
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Russian
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"Gulliver's Travels is the most significant work of Jonathan Swift, an Anglo-Irish satirist, publicist, poet and public figure. At first glance, "Gulliver's Travels" is an allegory, a parable, the author who is a ruthless and brilliant master of words, ridiculing human and social vices. Masterfully using all shades of humor, from good-natured, gentle irony to angry sarcasms and venomous ridicule, Swift has created one of the greatest satirical books...
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[2006]
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English
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"This volume discusses the theory that Gulliver's Travels was Swift's vehicle to condemn the African slave trade and promote the adoption of real rather than simply nominal Christianity. Dealing with quotes from the work itself, it demonstrates that Swift tells us his meaning with an abundance of clues and references which he left throughout Gulliver's Travels"--Provided by publisher.
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2021.
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Russian
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"Jonathan Swift's book "Gulliver's Travels" includes the first two parts of the book about Doctor Lemuel Gulliver: "Journey to Lilliput" and "Journey to Brobdingnag". There are many unexplored corners of our world, inhabited by amazing peoples. Some people are as tall as toy dolls, while others are incredible giants to whom we are living dolls. The brave traveler Gulliver visited both the land of the Lilliputians and the land of giants. leaving his...
19) Novels for students: Volume 6presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied novels
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
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Each volume provides discussions of the literary and historical background of novels from various cultures and time periods. Includes concise synopses of plot, characters and themes, a brief author biography, discussion of the story's cultural and historical significance, and excerpted criticism.
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