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【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 sery?, as a travel book and as a powerful satire on human nature. The text is based on that of 1735, incorporating revisions by Swift of the first edition. ? Jonathan Swift was born in Dublin in 1667. He had no father and his uncles decided to take charge of his education. After his university years in Dublin, he left Ireland and joined his mother in Leicester. He became William Temple39。s secretary, quite an important retired statesman and MP. Swift lived under his supervision for ten years. His job allowed him to attend theology courses and in 1694, he was named Prebent at Kilroot (near Belfast). But he soon es back with Temple in Surrey, and it was there that he wrote The Battle of the Books and Tale of a Tub (1704), although they weren39。t published for several more years. After Temple39。s death, Swift goes back to Ireland. In 1701 Swift39。s career began in earnest by writing his first politic pamphlet, favouring the Whigs, and by anonymously publishing his treatise, Dissensions in Athens and Rome, which caused a stir. Over the next decade, Jonathan Swift published numerous essays and pamphlets, most of which were mentaries on politics and current events. During this time, he also served as the editor of the Whigs39。 publication, The Examiner. ? He subsequently wrote many other pamphlets, treatises and poems. In November of 1726, Gulliver39。s Travels appeared on the market. The book became an instant success, with every class of people clamoring to read it. Using his sharp wit and even sharper tongue, he penned documents that mocked society, religion, human nature, England, politics, and nearly every other facet of daily life. The book presents itself as a simple traveller39。s narrative with the disingenuous title Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, its authorship assigned only to Lemuel Gulliver, first a surgeon, then a captain of several ships. Different editions contain different versions of the prefatory material which are basically the same as forewords in modern books. The book proper then is divided into four parts, which are as follows. [edit] Part I: A Voyage To Lilliput Mural depicting Gulliver surrounded by citizens of Lilliput. The book begins with a short preamble in which Gulliver, in the style of books of the time, gives a brief outline of his life and history prior to his voyages. He enjoys travelling. This turns out to be fortunate. On his first voyage, Gulliver is washed ashore after a shipwreck and awakes to find himself a prisoner of a race of sixinch (15 cm) tall people, inhabitants of the neighbouring and rival countries of Lilliput and Blefuscu. After giving assurances of his good behaviour he is given a residence in
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