Gulliver's Travels into Lilliput and Brobdingnag

About this book

A sailor becomes a giant among tiny people, then finds himself reduced to a vulnerable curiosity in a land of enormous inhabitants. Jonathan Swift uses these changes of scale to expose the foolishness of political pride.

This illustrated selection takes Gulliver through Lilliput and Brobdingnag, where customs that seem reasonable at one size become absurd at another. Jean de Bosschère's illustrations give a distinctive visual character to the voyages. Under the adventure lies a sharp comedy about power, vanity and the precarious dignity of human beings.