Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift

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Gulliver's Travels describes the four voyages of Lemuel Gulliver, a ship's surgeon. In Lilliput, he discovers a world in miniature; towering over the people and their city, he can view their society from the viewpoint of a god. However, in Brobdingnag, a land of giants, tiny Gulliver himself comes under observation, exhibited as a curiosity at markets and fairs. In Laputa, a flying island, he encounters a society of speculators and projectors who have lost all grip on everyday reality. At the same time, they plan and calculate, but their country lies in ruins. Gulliver's final voyage takes him to the land of the Houyhnhnms, gentle horses whom he quickly comes to admire, in contrast to the Yahoos, filthy bestial creatures who bear a disturbing resemblance to humans.

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