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
Chapter-3 Now, the farmer took out his handkerchief from his pocket and folded it many a time. He then spread the handkerchief on his palm and placed it on the ground. He made a sign, which I understood that he wanted me to step on to it. Immediately, I moved onto his hand which was
Chapter-2 After walking for about an hour, I reached the edge of the field. There was a fence which was at least a hundred and twenty feet in height. After some time, I reached a stile which was a kind of entrance from one field to the next. There were four steps and each step
Part-2 Chapter-1 I faced innumerable difficulties in my adventures, but this did not stop me from going back to the sea. Once again, I left my country on the 20th of June, 1702, in the ship called Adventure, which was to sail for Surat. The journey was good and the wind was very favourable up
Chapter-8 A large number of people had gathered at the royal port of Blefuscu to welcome me. They shouted and cheered as soon as they saw me. There were two people to guide me to the capital-city. I held both of them in my hands and started walking. When I was about two hundred yards
Chapter-7 Later, I came to know that my enemies at court, Admiral Bolgolam and Flimnap, who was the treasurer of the empire, had misrepresented my meeting with the ambassadors.I wish to share with the readers the reasons for their hatred towards me. Skyresh Bolgolam was the admiral of the imperial Navy. He was considered to
Chapter-6 About two weeks later, the principal secretary of private affairs came to see me. His name was Reldresal. He had come with a secret message from the king. He had been sent to discuss with me the internal and the external problems of Lilliput. He asked, “Can I talk to you?”“Yes,” I said, “I
Chapter-5 I tried to show the people that I was a good, kind man. I let the children play hide and seek in my hair. Sometimes I picked up five or six people and let them dance on my hand. The king brought dancers, singers and acrobats for me to watch. I liked the rope
Chapter-4 One day, the king asked me not to mind a search of my pockets by his officers. He promised to return my belongings when I left their country. I agreed to do as he pleased. The search was ordered. Two search officers were asked to go into my pockets and make a list of
Chapter-3 When I stood up, I could see all of the city and the farms around it. It looked like a garden with lots of doll houses in the centre. The fields looked like never-ending gardens. The tallest trees were no more than seven feet high.The king descended from the tower and moved towards me
Chapter-2 After some time, I heard some noise but could not understand what it was. Immediately, I felt something moving on my left leg. Gradually and gently, it reached close to my chest. I bent my eyes downwards as much as I could. To my utter surprise, I saw a tiny man. He was only
Part-1 Chapter-1 I was born to a family in Nottinghamshire. I was the third of five sons. Although I studied at Cambridge as a teenager yet my father was too poor to keep me there. So, at the age of seventeen, I was sent to London to be a surgeon’s apprentice. Mr James Bates was
Chapter-12 Lack of witnesses worked as a boon for Magwitch as he was saved from being tested immediately after having been taken to the court, next day. Mr Jaggers was angry with me as I hadn’t taken charge of my patron’s property. I wanted to be ensured that my benefactor must have the best advice.