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Classic / British English Gulliver travels across the sea from England and has an accident. He arrives in a country of very, very small people.   What will they do with him? How will he talk to them? And why are the Big-enders fighting the Little-enders?

A Modest Proposal

Contents On Mutual Subjection On Sleeping in Church On the Wisdom of this World Prayers used by the Dean for Stella

Siglo XVIII. El cirujano y navegante Lemuel Gulliver naufraga en una isla perdida; ahí encuentra un país de pequeños hombres y mujeres, los liliputenses, que no por pequeños son menos engreídos y vanidosos. Luego, en sucesivos viajes, el capitán Gulliver encuentra personajes de todo tipo, pero...

- Voyage à Lilliput  -Voyage à Brobdingnag  -Voyage à Laputa, aux Balnibarbes, à Luggnagg, à Gloubbdoubdrie et au Japon -Voyage au pays des Houyhnhnms ( VOYAGE À LILLIPUT : L’auteur rend un compte succinct des premiers motifs qui le portèrent à voyager....

Contenu du livre : 1. Voyage à Lilliput 2. Voyage à Brobdingnag 3. Voyage à Laputa, aux Balnibarbes, à Luggnagg, à Gloubbdoubdrie et au Japon 4. Voyage au pays des Houyhnhnms 5. Extrait d’un pamphlet sur l’Irlande

Il romanzo si apre con un breve preambolo nel quale Lemuel Gulliver si presenta, come d'uso nei libri dell'epoca, e fornisce un breve sunto della sua vita e degli avvenimenti precedenti ai suoi viaggi. Sappiamo dunque che si tratta di una persona di mezza età, di classe borghese, versato nella...

BnF collection ebooks - "Mon père, dont le bien, situé dans la province de Nottingham, était médiocre, avait cinq fils : j'étais le troisième, et il m'envoya au collège d'Emmanuel, à Cambridge, à l'âge de quatorze ans. J'y demeurai trois années, que j'employai utilement. Mais la dépense...

This is the history of Kings of England, from William II (surnamed Rufus) to Henry II. "... At the time of the Conqueror's death, his eldest son Robert, upon some discontent with his father, being absent in France; William the second son, made use of this juncture, and without attending...

Gulliver’s adventure in Lilliput begins when he wakes after his shipwreck to find himself bound by innumerable tiny threads and addressed by tiny captors who are in awe of him but fiercely protective of their kingdom. They are not afraid to use violence against Gulliver, though their arrows are little...

«Estos caballeros, después de haber examinado con gran minuciosidad mi figura, tuvieron una conclusión distinta de mí. Todos estuvieron de acuerdo en que yo no pude haber sido producido conforme a las leyes de la naturaleza...». Gulliver, el protagonista, tras sufrir una rebelión en su tripulación,...