Shipwrecked, abandoned, and attacked by his own crew, Lemuel Gulliver's four voyages across the sea were nothing if not eventful. Visiting a number of strange lands, from Lilliput to the Land of the Houyhnhnms (and even making a stop in Japan), the gullible one-time surgeon slowly sheds his optimistic worldview with every new race of creatures he encounters. Will Gulliver make it back home? Or is he destined to remain trapped in a strange land until the end of his days?

A biting social satire disguised as a children's adventure story, Gulliver's Travels is Jonathan Swift's best-known work. Published anonymously in 1726, no political, social, or religious institution was safe from the writer's piercing wit, which made it an instant hit with the public.

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