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Gulliver's Travels (1726, amened 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 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.

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  • A war described in this 1726 novel began over an argument about how to crack open an egg
  • This 1726 satire reported the existence of Mars' 2 moons 151 years before Asaph Hall discovered them
  • 1726:English. Shipwreck.Giant.Tiny.Airborne.Horses
  • This 1726 novel reported that the emperor's largest horses were "each about four inches and a half high"
  • In 1726 Jonathan Swift published this work as "Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World"
  • Among the places visited in this novel are Glubdrubdib, an island of sorcerers, & Luggnagg
  • This 4-part satirical novel was published in 1726 as "Travels Into Several Remote Nations of the World"
  • "40 years ago, certain persons went up to Laputa...and...came back with a very little smattering in mathematics"
  • "All true believers shall break their eggs at the convenient end" is a line from this 1726 work
  • Enraged, Lemuel tore the ropes from his body. His captors were "not six inches high"! His boot rose ominously.
  • The cover seen here is from a Penguin Classic of this 1726 novel
  • A "Swift" read at about 300 pages, this 1726 novel sets sail to Laputa & Lilliput
  • A surgeon/sea captain sets sail on a quartet of voyages in this work; has some trouble with his Yahoo account
  • The Houyhnhnms in this 1726 satire have the forms of horses
  • 1726:A doctor meets strange new races in a satirical 4-part travelogue
  • In this novel, one of the inhabitants of Brobdingnag is described as being "as tall as an ordinary spire-steeple"
  • 1726:"Where in the World Is Lemuel?"
  • So on again, o again, from Laputa to Glubbdubdrib / I'm giving up, something something a Flubbdubgrib

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