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Скачать книгу (размер 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 48) Аннотация: The first adventure of Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels — the voyage to Lilliput — is illustrated by Children's Laureate Chris Riddell in brilliant, panoramic detail. His pictures complement Martin Jenkins' skilful retelling which is witty and accessible while remaining faithful to the darkly comic tone of Swift, arguably the foremost prose satirist in the English language. Voyage to Lilliput…

Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: '... a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food...' Swift's devastating short satire on how to solve a famine. Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden…

Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: La première vision que nous avons de Lilliput nous parvient à travers le corps de Gulliver, fixé au sol par de nombreuses ligatures, parcouru de drôles de créatures et percé par de bien désagréables fléchettes. Gulliver est ainsi cet être sensible dont parlent les philosophes du xviiie siècle, qui cherche à comprendre le monde à…

Скачать книгу (размер 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 60) Аннотация: «The originality, concentrated power and «fierce indignation» of his satirical writing have earned Jonathan Swift a reputation as the greatest prose satirist in English literature. «Gulliver's Travels» is, of course, his world-renowned masterpiece in the genre; however, Swift wrote other, shorter works that also offer excellent evidence of his inspired lampoonery. Perhaps the most famous of these…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 146 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 422) Аннотация: 'Thus, gentle Reader, I have given thee a faithful History of my Travels for Sixteen Years, and above Seven Months; wherein I have not been so studious of Ornament as of Truth.' In these words Gulliver represents himself as a reliable reporter of the fantastic adventures he has just set down; but how far can we rely on a narrator whose identity is elusive and whoses inventiveness is self-evident?…

Скачать книгу (размер 845 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 167) Аннотация: A tour de force of illustration and design, JONATHAN SWIFT'S GULLIVER is a magnificent introduction to one of the most popular stories in the English language. First published in 1726, Jonathan Swift's wonderful adventure has long been a favorite with adults and children alike. This skillful adaptation by award-winning author Martin Jenkins stays true to the original, in a magnificent edition…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: At once satiric and magical, rich in philosophy and astonishing adventure, Gulliver's Travels transports children into worlds unknown. The entire voyage is seen through the eyes of Lemuel Gulliver, a ship's surgeon whose amazing account begins with a shipwreck on the high seas and continues as he encounters a race of miniature people known as Lilliputians; giant Brobdingnagians; the foolish…

Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: Through the eyes of Lemuel Gulliver, Swift's unforgettable satire takes readers into worlds formerly unimagined. Visit four strange and remarkable lands: Lilliput, where Gulliver seems a giant among a race of tiny people; Brobdingnag, the opposite, where the natives are giants and Gulliver puny; the ruined yet magical country of Laputa; and the home of the Houyhnhnms, gentle horses far superior…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: Jonathan Swift's masterpiece is the finest satire in the English language. Lemuel Gulliver's adventures with the tiny inhabitants of Lilliput and the giants of Brobdingnag are familiar from modern abridged adaptations, but the scientists and philosophers of Laputa, the intelligent, horselike Houyhnhnms and the bestial Yahoos provide further opportunities for Swift to satirise society in a manner…

Скачать книгу (размер 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 48) Аннотация: Gulliver arrives in Lilliput, a country where the people are no bigger than his hand. What will they do with him? How can he talk to them? Why are the Big-enders fighting the Little-enders and will Gulliver be able to leave Lilliput? Jonathan Swift's classic story is for readers of all ages.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: Jonathan Swift's classic satirical narrative was first published in 1726, seven years after Defoe's Robinson Crusoe (one of its few rivals in fame and breadth of appeal). As a parody travel-memoir it reports on extraordinary lands and societies, whose names have entered the English language: notably the minute inhabitants of Lilliput, the giants of Brobdingnag, and the Yahoos in Houyhnhnmland,…