TY - BOOK AU - Vogel,Malvina G. AU - Swift,Jonathan AU - Marcos,Pablo TI - Gulliver's travels T2 - Great illustrated classics SN - 9781603400602 PY - 2008/// CY - New York PB - Baronet Books KW - Gulliver, KW - Voyages, Imaginary KW - Juvenile fiction KW - Voyages and travels KW - Fantasy fiction KW - lcgft KW - Adaptations KW - Fiction KW - Novels N1 - "F224-41"--Spine; Shipwrecked! -- A prisoner in Lilliput -- The search for weapons -- Unlocking the chains -- The threat of war -- The hero becomes a villain! -- Charged with treason! -- Blefsucu and freedom -- Stranded in a land of giants -- Saved from children and rats -- A performing 'Splacknuck' -- The queen's favorite -- Attack of the giant animals! -- An unexpected escape -- An amazing rescue N2 - Gulliver's Travels describes the four fantastic voyages of Lemuel Gulliver, a kindly ship's surgeon. Swift portrays him as an observer, a reporter, and a victim of circumstance. His travels take him to Lilliput where he is a giant observing tiny people. In Brobdingnag, the tables are reversed and he is the tiny person in a land of giants where he is exhibited as a curiosity at markets and fairs. The flying island of Laputa is the scene of his next voyage. The people plan and plot as their country lies in ruins. It is a world of illusion and distorted values. The fourth and final voyage takes him to the home of the Houyhnhnms, gentle horses who rule the land. He also encounters Yahoos, filthy bestial creatures who resemble humans; "Lemuel Gulliver is a doctor who longs for adventure. But when he signs on board a sailing ship, he gets much more than he bargained for. A shipwreck leaves him swept ashore on a distant island inhabited by people no bigger than his finger, as astonished by his size as he is by theirs. But this is only the beginning of Gulliver's astonishing experiences. Before he returns home, he will have gone through some of the most amazing adventures ever, in this, a favorite book of young readers for over 250 years."--Back cover ER -