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Gulliver's Travels
- Narrated by: Jasper Britton
- Length: 10 hrs and 57 mins
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Summary
Lemuel Gulliver, a slightly staid ship’s doctor, relates the tales of his astonishing travels. He encounters the tiny, warring Lilliputians; the giant, sceptical Brobdingnagians; the ludicrously intellectual Laputans; and the idealistic - if rather stolid - Houyhnhnms and their bestial servants, the Yahoos. An immediate best seller when it was first published in 1726, Gulliver’s Travels has remained a favourite ever since. It was an attack on the politics and society of Swift’s day, but it is also a polemical, inventive, surreal, vitriolic, and wonderfully imaginative masterpiece, whose powerful satire continues to strike home.
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- nigel tuck
- 03-07-16
Not as good as I thought it would be
Where does Gulliver's Travels rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
For many years I have always wanted to read this book. However having now listened to it I can say I found it actually rather boring in a lot of places and found myself not really listening to it all. Well performed but the story was just not engaging.
Would you recommend Gulliver's Travels to your friends? Why or why not?
No
It was a rather tedious book
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- Joe Double
- 05-05-23
Great way to experience the book
The narrator really brings the material alive. The tale is a pretty on-the-nose satire for the most part, heavier on that than on fleshing out the lands described. Which is interesting in its own way as a look into the thinking of the time and critical takes on it, but satire taking aim at what are now mostly very antiquated beliefs winds up less humorous than it presumably was at the time.
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- Amazon Customer
- 08-02-18
A TRUE CLASSIC
I loved the delivery and I loved the story too. My one criticism would be that Swift tends to labour his point somewhat in places. This is the reason for 4 stars instead of 5 but his clwvwr satire makes it atill worth the read.
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- Ant
- 17-08-13
Witty, funny and a searing indictment of humanity
I can see why this book is a true classic - first published in 1726 and never been out of print. It's prose is straight forward without any archaic use of language, so it is easy to read and enjoy. Whilst you can tell that the book is of another time, it does not feel dated or any less relevant for it's age.
The author relates the politics, morality and class systems of the Europeans in a series of explanations to people or creatures with no experience of our culture, trying desperately to justify the lives of the rich, the cause of wars, or the country's legal system. It is through this device that we are led to see our own inequities, however, the style of writing is witty and humorous enough that we are allowed to take as much or little from the discussions as we like. The fantastical nature of the characters and their exploits turn a serious subject into something highly enjoyable.
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- M. Sharp
- 15-07-23
Great classic story, wonderfully read by jasper britton
The narrator put in loads of effort giving character to all of the voices. I especially liked the houynyms.
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- Katie
- 12-05-23
Readable classic!
I would recommend this book to anyone wanting to begin reading restoration texts…it is easy to follow but a bit dense in some areas.
Overall, however, it is an engaging adventure story which I enjoyed for the most part…and the performance was pretty good
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- Eva Hnizdo
- 23-04-23
Brilliant and brave !
Brilliant. Witty, clever, well read. My favourite audiobook this year.Now I might read it again. I read it in Czech several time as a young teenager and loved it, too. But only an adult who knows England can understand it properly. England that gave me political asylum and that is my home now. And despite some negative aspects of history,a country where this critical book was published in 18 th century has an admirable tradition of freedom.
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- 22-02-23
What an imagination !
What I liked the most is the narrator's spirit. His accent, the way he does voices, just superb. The story was very captivating as well. Took me a while to pick up the satire :) But it's such a uniquely presented story.
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- Mr E M J Fitzpatrick
- 06-02-23
An interesting story
Took me nearly to the end of the story to get ‘into it,’ but so glad I persevered. Thought provoking.
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- Unna Windweaver
- 29-12-22
Not even boring beyond boring
Sorry this is so slightly beyond keeping me awake . But it’s wonderful to sleep to 💗
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