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1、Gulliver’sTravelsByJonathanSwiftDownloadfreeeBooksofclassicliterature,booksandnovelsatPlaneteBook.SubscribetoourfreeeBooksblogandemailnewsletter.THEPUBLISHERTOTHEREADER.Asgivenintheoriginaledition.TheauthoroftheseTravels,Mr.LemuelGulliver,ismyan-cientandintimatefriend;
2、thereislikewisesomerelationbetweenusonthemother’sside.Aboutthreeyearsago,Mr.GullivergrowingwearyoftheconcourseofcuriouspeoplecomingtohimathishouseinRedriff,madeasmallpur-chaseofland,withaconvenienthouse,nearNewark,inNottinghamshire,hisnativecountry;wherehenowlivesretir
3、ed,yetingoodesteemamonghisneighbours.AlthoughMr.GulliverwasborninNottinghamshire,wherehisfatherdwelt,yetIhaveheardhimsayhisfamilycamefromOxfordshire;toconfirmwhich,IhaveobservedinthechurchyardatBanburyinthatcounty,severaltombsandmonumentsoftheGullivers.BeforehequittedR
4、edriff,heleftthecustodyofthefol-lowingpapersinmyhands,withthelibertytodisposeofthemasIshouldthinkfit.Ihavecarefullyperusedthemthreetimes.Thestyleisveryplainandsimple;andtheonlyfaultIfindis,thattheauthor,afterthemanneroftravel-lers,isalittletoocircumstantial.Thereisanai
5、roftruthGulliver’sTravelsapparentthroughthewhole;andindeedtheauthorwassodistinguishedforhisveracity,thatitbecameasortofproverbamonghisneighboursatRedriff,whenanyoneaf-firmedathing,tosay,itwasastrueasifMr.Gulliverhadspokenit.Bytheadviceofseveralworthypersons,towhom,wit
6、htheauthor’spermission,Icommunicatedthesepapers,Inowventuretosendthemintotheworld,hopingtheymaybe,atleastforsometime,abetterentertainmenttoouryoungnoblemen,thanthecommonscribblesofpoliticsandparty.Thisvolumewouldhavebeenatleasttwiceaslarge,ifIhadnotmadeboldtostrikeouti
7、nnumerablepassagesre-latingtothewindsandtides,aswellastothevariationsandbearingsintheseveralvoyages,togetherwiththemin-utedescriptionsofthemanagementoftheshipinstorms,inthestyleofsailors;likewisetheaccountoflongitudesandlatitudes;whereinIhavereasontoapprehend,thatMr.Gu
8、llivermaybealittledissatisfied.ButIwasresolvedtofittheworkasmuchaspossibletothegeneralcapacityofread-ers.However,ifmy
