书名：Gulliver’s Travels格列佛游记

难度：Lexile蓝思阅读指数620L
作者：Jonathan Swift乔纳森·斯威夫特
出版社名称：Puffin Classics
出版时间：2016
语种：英文
ISBN：9780141366302
商品尺寸：13.2 x 2.9 x 17.9 cm
包装：平装
页数：422
Gulliver’s Travels《格列佛游记》是一部长篇游记体小说，以其尖锐深邃的讽刺艺术而名垂世界文学史。书中通过格列佛船长自叙，描绘了主人公在小人国、大人国、飞岛国和“慧骃”国的奇特经历，充满了异想天开的情节和引人发笑的妙趣。作者以夸张渲染时代的生气，借荒唐痛斥时代的弊端，不留情面地对18世纪前半期的英国社会进行全面的批判。本书不但思想内容深刻，而且艺术形式完美，是对中国很具影响力的外国文学作品之一。

推荐理由：
1.乔纳森斯威夫特代表作，教育部“语文课程标准”重点推荐阅读书目；
2.本版本为Puffin Classics推出的英文原版，内容完整无删减；
3.由英国著名作家、《碟形世界》作者特里·普拉切特（Terry Pratchett）作序；
4.采用环保纸质印刷，印刷清晰，纸质护眼。
Follow in the footsteps of Gulliver on his incredible voyages!
Gulliver meets some extraordinary people and remarkable creatures during his course of his exciting voyages around the world. From a race of miniature folk to some surprisingly gentle giants and wise horses, Gulliver sees society from many different perspectives. Back in England life seems very ordinary after all his experiences, but Gulliver’s fantastic adventures change his views forever.
Plus an introduction from the world of the Terry Pratchett, and a behind-the-scenes journey, including an author profile, a guide to who’s who, activities and more…

Gulliver’s Travels《格列佛游记》是英国杰出的讽刺小说作家乔纳森·斯威夫特的代表作。全书分为四部，分别介绍了格列佛在小人国、大人国、飞行岛、巫师国、科幻国、长寿国、日本国和慧骃国等奇异国度的见闻和感受。作者以神奇的想象、夸张的手段、寓言的笔法，对当时的英国社会、人类社会进行了批判和讽刺，尤其对统治阶级的腐败、无能、毒辣、荒淫、贪婪、自大等进行了痛快淋漓的鞭挞。
乔纳森·斯威夫特，1667年11月30日生于爱尔兰都柏林，毕业于都柏林的三一学院。他的主要作品有《书籍之战》、《桶的故事》、《论雅典和罗马时代贵族与平民的竞争和分歧》、《格列佛游记》。后者为他赢得了巨大的文学声誉。

Anglo-Irish poet, satirist and clergyman,Jonathan Swift (1667-1745), was born in Dublin to English parents. He embarked on a career as diplomatic secretary and became increasingly involved in politics. He published many satirical works of verse and prose, including A Tale of a Tub, A ModestProposal, and Gulliver’s Travels.

A Voyage to Lilliput
Chapter I
The author gives some account of himself and family; his first inducements to travel. He is shipwrecked, and swims for his life, gets safe on shore in the country of Lilliput, is made a prisoner, and carried up the country.
My father had a small estate in Nottinghamshire; I was the third of five sons. He sent me to Emanuel College in Cambridge at fourteen years old, where I resided three years, and applied my self close to my studies: but the charge of maintaining me (although I had a very scanty allowance) being too great for a narrow fortune, I was bound apprentice to Mr. James Bates, an eminent surgeon in London, with whom I continued four years; and my father now and then sending me small sums of money, I laid them out in learning navigation, and other parts of the mathematics, useful to those who intend to travel, as I always believed it would be some time or other my fortune to do. When I left Mr. Bates, I went down to my father; where, by the assistance of him and my uncle John, and some other relations I got forty pounds, and a promise of thirty pounds a year to maintain me at Leyden: there I studied physics two years and seven months, knowing it would be useful in long voyages.