Gulliver's Travels
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Probably the most famous image from this book is of the tiny Lilliputians having tied down the sleeping giant, Gulliver.
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She viewed Jonathan Swift's own, annotated, copy of his book Gulliver's Travels, during her visit to the library.
From BBC ● May 25, 2023
The Underground Railroad, patterned after Gulliver’s Travels, took its main character through a series of episodes, each representing what Whitehead has called a “different state of American possibility” with regard to race.
From Slate ● Jul. 11, 2019
But Gulliver's Travels, as it is now known, immediately garnered acclaim “from the cabinet council to the nursery”, as Swift's friend, the writer John Gay, reported.
From Nature ● Sep. 26, 2017
Though he's had a few sizable flops, like "Year One" and "Gulliver's Travels," over the course of his career, his movies have grossed nearly $3.5 billion worldwide.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2015
I tell her I had to read A Modest Proposal from the back of Gulliver’s Travels and she says, That’s all right, ’tis only a children’s book.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
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