Gulliver's Travels – Jonathan Swift

"Undoubtedly, philosophers are in the right when they tell us that nothing is great or little otherwise than by comparison."

Lemuel Gulliver, a ship's surgeon, is washed ashore in a series of fantastical lands: Lilliput, where the people are six inches high; Brobdingnag, a land of giants; and the realm of the Houyhnhnms, rational horses who rule over savage humans. His voyages become a mirror reflecting the absurdities of European society.

Jonathan Swift's masterpiece is a biting satire of human nature, politics, and pride. Disguised as an adventure story, it is a devastating critique of the folly of mankind that remains as sharp and funny today as it was in the 18th century.