Description: GULLIVER’S TRAVELS BY JONATHAN SWIFT ILLUSTRATED BY ALDREN WATSON ILLUSTRATED JUNIOR LIBRARY EDITION COPYRIGHT 1947 GROSSET & DUNLAP, INC. KINGSPORT PRESS, INC. KINGSPORT, TENN. Considered Swift’s masterpiece, Gulliver’s Travels is the most brilliant as well as the most bitter and controversial of his satires. Written in a matter-of-fact style and with an air of sober reality, the work defeats oversimple explanations. Is it essentially comic, or is it a misanthropic depreciation of humankind? Swift certainly seems to use the various races and societies Gulliver encounters in his travels to satirize many of the errors, follies, and frailties that human beings are prone to. The warlike, disputatious, but essentially trivial Lilliputians in the first section and the deranged impractical pedants and intellectuals in the third segment are shown as imbalanced beings lacking common sense and even decency. The Houyhnhnms, by contrast, are the epitome of reason and virtuous simplicity. However, Gulliver’s own proud identification with these horses and his subsequent disdain for his fellow humans indicates that he too has become imbalanced and that human beings are simply incapable of aspiring to the virtuous rationality that Gulliver has glimpsed. THIS IS A VINTAGE 1947 HARDBACK BOOK. IT IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. THE PAGES ARE A LITTLE YELLOWED. THERE ARE NO MARKS OR TEARS IN THE BOOK WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A PREVIOUS OWNER’S NAME AND ADDRESS ON THE INSIDE COVER. PLEASE SEE ALL PHOTOS FOR CONDITION. SAVE ON SHIPPING COSTS! CHECK MY OTHER AUCTIONS! VISIT MY UNIQUE STORE THAT CONTAINS OVER 6000 ITEMS TO CHOOSE FROM. YOU WILL FIND SPORTS, POLITICAL, AND HISTORICAL ITEMS AS WELL AS BOOKS AND DVD’S. MANY AUTOGRAPHED ITEMS SEE THE LINK PROVIDED ABOVE SHIPPING COMBINED FOR MULTIPLE AUCTIONS · PLEASE REQUEST AN INVOICE WHEN PURCHASING MULTIPLE AUCTIONS THANKS FOR SHOPPING! INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING VIA EBAY GLOBAL SHIPPING PROGRAM ONLY International Buyers - Please Note: GSP packages route through a shipping hub in Erlanger, KY before shipping to their final destination. Please note that GSP does not allow for combined shipments. Shipping rates are determined by eBay and cannot be adjusted. Import duties, taxes, and charges are not included in the item price or shipping cost. These charges are the buyer's responsibility. Please check with your country's customs office to determine what these additional costs will be prior to bidding or buying. Please be aware that international delivery times may vary and can take several weeks once the item has been shipped so please be patient.
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Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Author: JONATHAN SWIFT
Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap
Topic: Action, Adventure
Subject: Literature & Fiction
