Gulliver’s Travels

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