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Written by Jonathan Swift this classic novel explains the adventures of Lemuel Gulliver in the land of Lilliput. After Gulliver’s ship sinks he swims to Lilliput. There he is tied up and held prisoner. How will he escape?
The Macmillan Readers Starter level information is controlled, with pictures explaining some of the difficult vocabulary.
Written by Jonathan Swift this classic novel explains the adventures of Lemuel Gulliver in the land of Lilliput. After Gulliver’s ship sinks he swims to Lilliput. There he is tied up and held prisoner. How will he escape?
Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 – 19 October 1745) was an Anglo-Irish[1] satirist, author, essayist, political pamphleteer (first for the Whigs, then for the Tories), poet, and Anglican cleric who became Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin,[2] hence his common sobriquet, "Dean Swift".
Swift is remembered for works such as A Tale of a Tub (1704), An Argument Against Abolishing Christianity (1712), Gulliver's Travels (1726), and A Modest Proposal (1729). He is regarded by the Encyclopædia Britannica as the foremost prose satirist in the English language.[1] He originally published all of his works under pseudonyms—such as Lemuel Gulliver, Isaac Bickerstaff, M. B. Drapier—or anonymously. He was a master of two styles of satire, the Horatian and Juvenalian styles.
His deadpan, ironic writing style, particularly in A Modest Proposal, has led to such satire being subsequently termed "Swiftian".[3]
