Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Regions of the World

Shipwrecked surgeon Lemuel Gulliver sets out for the far edges of the map—and returns with tales no one quite knows how to believe. In Lilliput he towers over an empire of six-inch schemers; in Brobdingnag he is a plaything for giants; in Laputa, Lagado, and among the immortal Struldbrugs he watches reason run mad; and among the Houyhnhnms he confronts what it means, uncomfortably, to be human. This edition presents Jonathan Swift's complete, unabridged original text—every voyage, every letter, every barbed joke intact—paired with a new introduction and reader's notes that illuminate the political satire, scientific obsessions, and moral questions woven through the adventure. Whether you are returning to a beloved classic or discovering Gulliver's four voyages for the first time, these pages offer a journey that is by turns hilarious, strange, and quietly devastating. Part of The Founding Texts Library.