Gulliver's Travels

Type

Book

Authors

Jonathan Swift

ISBN 10

0192805347

ISBN 13

9780192805348

Tags

english, anglais, classiques, contemporain, adventure, aventure, Fantasy, Fantaisie, littéraire, classics, contemporary, Literary, Lexile 1300L

Abstract

In Gulliver's Travels, the narrator represents himself as a reliable reporter of the fantastic adventures he has just experienced. But how far can we rely on a narrator who has been impersonated by someone else? The work purports to be a travel book, and describes the shipwrecked Gulliver's encounters with the inhabitants of four extraordinary places: Lilliput, Brobdingnag, Laputa, and the country of the Houyhnhnms. An extraordinarily skillful blend of fantasy and realism makes Gulliver's Travels by turns hilarious, frightening, and profound. Swift's alter ego plays tricks on us, and our gullibility uncovers one of the world's most disturbing satires of the human condition.

Description

Compétences : Lire Débutant complet : non
Thèmes : Culture et civilisation -- Société
Activités proposées : Exercices variés
Aides disponibles : Corrigés
Descriptif : Livre de la collection Penguin Easy Readers Niveau 2
Résumé : Récit du voyage fantastique de Gulliver au pays des nains de Lilliput et des géants de Brobdingnag. Satire sociale et politique.

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