Gulliver's Travels and Other Writings 格列佛游记

图书标准信息

• 作者 Jonathan Swift（乔纳森·斯威夫特） 著
• 出版社 Random House
• 出版时间 1984-09
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780553212327
• 定价 21.10元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 656页
• 正文语种 英语
• 丛书 Bantam Classics

【内容简介】

ThevoyagesofanEnglishmancarryhimtosuchstrangeplacesasLilliput,wherepeoplearesixinchestall;Brobdingnag,alandofgiants;anislandofsorcerers;andacountryruledbyhorses.

【作者简介】

JonathanSwiftwasbornin1667,thesonofAnglo-Irishparents.AfteraneducationinIreland,SwiftmovedtoEnglandwherehereluctantlychoseacareerinthechurch.There,heworkedforSirWilliamTemple,inwhosehouseholdhemetEstherJohnson.Thetwofellinlove,butwereneverpubliclymarried.WhileinEngland,Swiftdiscoveredhistalentsasasatirist,producingtextssuchas"ATaleOfATub"and"TheBattleoftheBooks"(1704).Atagethirty-one,SwiftreturnedtoIrelandaschaplaintoalordjustice.Swiftmaintainedhisenergyandwitand,laterinlife,wrote"AModestProposal"(1729)andGULLIVER'STRAVELS(1726).SwiftdiedonOctober19,1745.