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Gulliver's Travels

Written by Jonathan Swift, this book is a political satire which comments on the human condition, the injustices of politics, and some surprisingly frank physical descriptions. Published in four parts, the most famous today is the first installment which goes by this name. It is discussed here.

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What real-life situation was Jonathan Swift satirizing in Gullivers Travels?

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In Jonathan Swift's novel "Gulliver's Travels" Swift is satirizing aspects of English society, particularly the politics of his day, including the King of England. The novel was published in 1726.

Why is Gulliver exiled from the land of the Houyhnhnms in Gulliver' s Travels?

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Gulliver starts to dislike his own people because he sees their problems more clearly when he is travelling among other people. It is a frequent device used in fiction to take small truths and blow them up bigger than life-size to help them be examined more clearly. Gulliver's story thus illustrates real human problems and shows us why we should change.

What was Charles Dickens last book?

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Charles Dickens's last published novel was Our Mutual Friend. He was working on a murder mystery, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, when he died in 1870. It was intended to be published in 12 monthly installments and the first six were published between April and September 1870. Like many of his other books, Dickens had not yet decided how Edwin Drood would end when he died. Dickens often gave staged dramatic readings of selected scenes from his books, to huge public acclaim. His last reading was in 1870, three months before his death. Friends and family of Dickens--including his doctor--discouraged these readings and believed they contributed to his relatively early death at 58. Charles Dickens started on his last book The Mystery of Edwin Drood in 1869, just before his death in 1870. The book was unfinished and Dickens himself had not decided who the murderer was.

What washes up on the shore of Lilliput?

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Gulliver's hat washed up on the shore of Lilliput. the emperor of Lilliput was informed about it , he was told some of his subjects , riding near the place where first Gulliver was taken had seen a great black substance lying on the ground and had thus informed the emperor about it as by that 'things' size they concluded it to be something belonging to the man-mountain.