Gulliver's Travels
1726 novel by Jonathan Swift
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Summary
Gulliver's Travels is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 0.44% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18,279 views/month, #126 of 28,446).[2]
Key Facts
- Author: Jonathan Swift[3]
- Publisher: Benjamin Motte[4]
- Genre: political satire[5], fantasy[6], nautical fiction[7], Menippean satire[8], satirical novel[9]
- Part of: Q140285343[10]
- Commons category: Gulliver's Travels[11]
- Language of work or name: English[12]
- Country of origin: United Kingdom[13]
- Has part(s): A Voyage to Lilliput[14], A Voyage to Brobdingnag[15], A Voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Luggnagg, Glubbdubdrib, and Japan[16], A Voyage to the Country of the Houyhnhnms[17]
- Publication date: October 28, 1726[18]
- Characters: Lemuel Gulliver[19], Struldbrugg[20], Houyhnhnm[21], Yahoo[22], Glumdalclitch[23]
- Has edition or translation: Les Voyages de Gulliver[24], A Voyage to Lilliput[25], Q66364005[26], Q66364070[27], Q66364081[28], Q66375118[29], Gulliver's Travels[30], Gulliver's travels: in words of one syllable[31], Gulliverovy cesty[32], Viagens de Gulliver a varios paizes remotos, 1816[33], Abakpuree Darshana[34], Q140776067[35], Q140776068[36]
- Narrative location: Lilliput[37], Blefuscu[38], Brobdingnag[39], Laputa[40], Balnibarbi[41], Glubbdubdrib[42], Luggnagg[43], Japan[44], Houyhnhnms Land[45]
- Topic's main category: Category:Gulliver's Travels[46]
- Work available at URL: https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/jonathan-swift/gullivers-travels[47]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[48]
- Takes place in fictional universe: Universe of Gulliver[49]
- Title: Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, in Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of several Ships[50]
- Short name: Gulliver's Travels[51]
- Different from: Gulliver's Travels[52]
- Uses: fantasy map[53]
- Time period: Age of Enlightenment[54]
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Cultural Impact
Things named for Gulliver's Travels include endianness[55] and Prater Liliputbahn[56], a Fifteen-inch gauge railway[57], in Austria[58].
Why It Matters
Gulliver's Travels has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[59] It is known by 75 alternative names across languages and contexts.[60]
Entities named for it include endianness[55] and Prater Liliputbahn[56], a Fifteen-inch gauge railway[57], in Austria[58].