"Gulliver'sTravels"isasatiricalnovelwrittenbyJonathanSwift,firstpublishedin1726.ThebookfollowstheadventuresofLemuelGulliver,aship'ssurgeonwhoembarksonseveralvoyagestofantasticallands.ThroughGulliver'sencounterswithsocietieslikethetinyLilliputians,thegiantBrobdingnagians,theintellectualLaputans,andtherationalHouyhnhnms,Swiftcritiqueshumannature,politics,science,andculture.Thenovelblendsadventure,fantasy,andsharpsocialcommentary,usingexaggerationandironytoexposetheflawsandfolliesof18th-centuryEuropeansociety.Whileoftencategorizedaschildren'sliteratureduetoitsimaginativeelements,"Gulliver'sTravels"isasophisticatedworkofpoliticalandphilosophicalsatirethatremainsrelevanttoday.
