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Gulliver's Travels (Norton Critical Editions)
 

Gulliver's Travels (Norton Critical Editions)

by Jonathan Swift

This new edition of Swift's satiric classic is based on the 1726 text—the edition textual scholars now consider the most authoritative. It is accompanied by detailed explanatory annotations.
"Contexts" collects materials that influenced Swift's writing of the novel, as well as documents that suggest its initial reception, including Swift's correspondence, Alexander Pope's poems on... (read more)

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“Hilarious and wonderfully up-to-date statement about the human condition. I loved it from start to finish.”

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  • Mitraa G

    mitraa g said:

    “Oh! my favourite book. yes, 4 star.Once upon a time, it was like revolutionary writing, isn't it?”

    posted Saturday, March 1 2008 ( | view 1 reply )
  • uplandpoet

    uplandpoet said:

    “You know, the funny thing is, I read this and Alice in Wonderland, as a kid, as children's lit, loved it, and only years later, realized they were more than fun fantastic tales. reread them both a few times over the years and loved in different ways each time. That is literature!!!”

    posted Friday, July 27 2007
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