Gulliver's Travels
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By Jonathan Swift, Hugh Laurie, and and, Michael Fry
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Swift published ""Gulliver’s Travels"" in 1726 ""to vex the world rather than divert it"". His satirical accounts of travels to Lilliput and Brobdingnag in this book can be viewed either as the product of an embittered mind or as a profound comment on the age of reason and nature.
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I've read this book at different times in my life. First as a child where I was transported by Gulliver’s travels to weird and wonderful far-off lands like Lilliput - where the inhabitants are just six inches high, and Gulliver becomes a giant, and Brobdingnag which is a land of giants and where Gulliver is like an ant. For a child it is a wonderful travel fantasy full of shipwrecks, and strange customs.
Later I read it at college and there it became a darker read, full of satire, politics, and scientific discoveries. It’s wildly imaginative and is a rattling good read – which is why it has inspired so many film versions. It’s said to have inspired 'Animal Farm' by George Orwell.
I’d recommend this as a great book that the whole family could enjoy. It’s like watching 'The Simpsons' – there is something there for every age.
