Gulliver’s Travels

Chapter-5 My master consented to my request and he desired that I would go on with my utmost diligence to learn their language. He was more astonished at my capacity for speech and reason, than at the figure of my body whether it was covered or uncovered. Every day, he would ask me several questions […]

Chapter-4 My main aim was to learn their language. My master and his children and every servant of his house were desperate to teach me. While speaking they pronounced through their noses and throats. The curiosity and impatience of my master was so great that he spent many hours of his leisure in teaching me.

Chapter-3 After travelling for about three miles, we came to a long building made of timber stuck in the ground; the roof was low and covered with straw. Outside the house, I saw several of those ugly animals which I had seen in the fields. They were tied up to the side of the house.

Chapter-2 Finally, I got up and started walking. I hoped that I might meet somebody who could guide me. I had not got far, when one of these creatures came out of the trees and stood in front of me. The creature came closer to me and lifted up his forepaw. I could not understand

Part-4 Chapter-1 I stayed with my wife and children for about five months. Thereafter, I left them again. I had accepted an advantageous offer made to me, i.e. to be captain of the Adventurer. We set sail from Portsmouth on 7th September, 1710. Several seamen got sick and died, and I had to stop to

Chapter-6 I stayed for about three months in that country. The king was highly pleased to favour me and at the same time made many honourable offers. But now I had decided to return home. On 6th May, 1709, I took a formal leave of the king and all my friends. The prince was courteous

Chapter-5 We stayed in that island for about ten days, after which we had decided to depart. I took leave of the king, the governor of Glubbdubdrib and returned with my companions to Maldonada. After waiting for a fortnight, a ship was ready to sail for Luggnagg. On 21st April, 1708, we sailed into the

Chapter-4 The continent to which that kingdom belonged extended itself eastward to that unknown tract of America westward of California; and north to the Pacific Ocean which was about a hundred and fifty miles from Lagado. There was a strict alliance between the Japanese emperor and the king of Luggnagg which afforded frequent opportunities of

Chapter-3 I felt very neglected in the land of Laputa, since the inhabitants seemed interested only in mathematics and music, and were far superior to me in their knowledge. I got bored by their conversation and wanted to leave. There was one lord of the court whom I found to be intelligent and curious, but

Chapter-2 Soon, I was surrounded with a crowd of people and noticed that they all were quite odd. Each person’s head was tilted to one side or the other, with one eye turned inward and the other looking up. Their clothes were adorned with the images of celestial bodies and musical instruments. Some of the

Part-3 Chapter-1 Hardly had I been at home for ten days when Captain William Robinson, a Cornish man, came to my house. He invited me to be the surgeon of a ship. He was a very honest man, and I could not reject his proposal. My thirst for travelling across new worlds was so immense

Chapter-7 Whenever the queen found me in a sad mood, she thought of different ways and means to entertain me. One day, she asked me whether I knew how to handle a sail or an oar; and whether a little exercise of rowing might be good for my health. I told her that as a

Chapter-6 I would like to give a brief account of this country. The total length of the country was around six thousand miles and the breadth was about three to five thousand. But, I did not get the opportunity to travel the whole of the country. I could travel just about two thousand miles around

Chapter-5 One day, a messenger from the court came to meet my master. He had brought a message that I should be taken to the palace for the amusement of the queen and her ladies. The queen had heard about me from some of her servants. Without any delay, my master took me to the

Chapter-4 As the days passed by, everyone near the farmer’s house came to know that my master had found a strange animal in the fields. Its features and behaviour resembled a human being. It could speak in a strange language, walk on two legs, was tame and gentle, obeyed commands, and was very fair-complexioned. People