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Gulliver's Travels

Jonathan Swift

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Lemuel Gulliver recounts voyages to unfamiliar societies, beginning with his captivity among the tiny inhabitants of Lilliput. Changes in scale and custom force him to reassess institutions he once took for granted. Each journey offers apparent wonders alongside unsettling reflections of political, intellectual, and social habits at home.

39 sections98,550 wordsAbout 7 h 28 min
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About Gulliver's Travels

The travel narrative gives absurd arrangements the tone of careful factual reporting. Gulliver’s confidence as an observer does not ensure that he understands what he sees or what it reveals about himself. Compare the societies rather than treating them as interchangeable fantasies, and notice how shifts in physical scale alter judgments of dignity, usefulness, and human importance.

Reading focus

Question Gulliver’s certainty as different societies and physical scales make familiar political and social assumptions look increasingly strange.

This reading edition contains 98,550 words in 39 original sections. Read the text online with adjustable type and three colour themes, or keep a printable PDF.

Author: Jonathan Swift. Language: English. Reading edition: 28 October 2026.

Opening excerpt

THE AUTHOR GIVES SOME ACCOUNT OF HIMSELF AND FAMILY—HIS FIRST INDUCEMENTS TO TRAVEL—HE IS SHIPWRECKED, AND SWIMS FOR HIS LIFE—GETS SAFE ON SHORE IN THE COUNTRY OF LILLIPUT—IS MADE A PRISONER, AND CARRIED UP THE COUNTRY.

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Contents

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  1. A Voyage To Lilliput — Chapter I18 min
  2. A Voyage To Lilliput — Chapter II16 min
  3. A Voyage To Lilliput — Chapter III13 min
  4. A Voyage To Lilliput — Chapter IV9 min
  5. A Voyage To Lilliput — Chapter V9 min
  6. A Voyage To Lilliput — Chapter VI17 min
  7. A Voyage To Lilliput — Chapter VII13 min
  8. A Voyage To Lilliput — Chapter VIII11 min
  9. A Voyage To Brobdingnag — Chapter I22 min
  10. A Voyage To Brobdingnag — Chapter II11 min
  11. A Voyage To Brobdingnag — Chapter III18 min
  12. A Voyage To Brobdingnag — Chapter IV8 min
  13. A Voyage To Brobdingnag — Chapter V15 min
  14. A Voyage To Brobdingnag — Chapter VI15 min
  15. A Voyage To Brobdingnag — Chapter VII11 min
  16. A Voyage To Brobdingnag — Chapter VIII22 min
  17. A Voyage To Laputa, Balnibarbi, Luggnagg, Glubbdubdrib, And Japan — Chapter I10 min
  18. A Voyage To Laputa, Balnibarbi, Luggnagg, Glubbdubdrib, And Japan — Chapter II14 min
  19. A Voyage To Laputa, Balnibarbi, Luggnagg, Glubbdubdrib, And Japan — Chapter III9 min
  20. A Voyage To Laputa, Balnibarbi, Luggnagg, Glubbdubdrib, And Japan — Chapter IV10 min
  21. A Voyage To Laputa, Balnibarbi, Luggnagg, Glubbdubdrib, And Japan — Chapter V10 min
  22. A Voyage To Laputa, Balnibarbi, Luggnagg, Glubbdubdrib, And Japan — Chapter VI9 min
  23. A Voyage To Laputa, Balnibarbi, Luggnagg, Glubbdubdrib, And Japan — Chapter VII7 min
  24. A Voyage To Laputa, Balnibarbi, Luggnagg, Glubbdubdrib, And Japan — Chapter VIII9 min
  25. A Voyage To Laputa, Balnibarbi, Luggnagg, Glubbdubdrib, And Japan — Chapter IX7 min
  26. A Voyage To Laputa, Balnibarbi, Luggnagg, Glubbdubdrib, And Japan — Chapter X14 min
  27. A Voyage To Laputa, Balnibarbi, Luggnagg, Glubbdubdrib, And Japan — Chapter XI6 min
  28. A Voyage To The Country Of The Houyhnhnms — Chapter I12 min
  29. A Voyage To The Country Of The Houyhnhnms — Chapter II11 min
  30. A Voyage To The Country Of The Houyhnhnms — Chapter III10 min
  31. A Voyage To The Country Of The Houyhnhnms — Chapter IV9 min
  32. A Voyage To The Country Of The Houyhnhnms — Chapter V13 min
  33. A Voyage To The Country Of The Houyhnhnms — Chapter VI11 min
  34. A Voyage To The Country Of The Houyhnhnms — Chapter VII11 min
  35. A Voyage To The Country Of The Houyhnhnms — Chapter VIII9 min
  36. A Voyage To The Country Of The Houyhnhnms — Chapter IX9 min
  37. A Voyage To The Country Of The Houyhnhnms — Chapter X13 min
  38. A Voyage To The Country Of The Houyhnhnms — Chapter XI15 min
  39. A Voyage To The Country Of The Houyhnhnms — Chapter XII11 min

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