Summary of gullivers travels for kids

Gulliver's Travels, is a 1726 fictionalsatire by Jonathan Swift. The novel follows main character Lemuel Gulliver and his journey to four countries.

The four countries are Lilliput, a land of little people, Brobdingnag, a land of big people, Laputa, a land of intelligent but useless people, and Houyhnhnm, a land of horses.

Swift wrote the novel for adults to show that some people and governments were wrong. The story was intended to make them change.

In 2010, a movie version was made starring Jack Black.

Images for kids

• Mural depicting Gulliver surrounded by citizens of Lilliput.

• Gulliver exhibited to the Brobdingnag Farmer (painting by Richard Redgrave)

• Gulliver discovers Laputa, the floating/flying island (illustration by J. J. Grandville)

• Gulliver in discussion with Houyhnhnms (1856 illustration by J.J. Grandville).

• Gulliver and a giant, a painting by Tadeusz Pruszkowski (National Museum in Warsaw).

• Comic book cover by Lilian Chesney

See also

In Spanish: Los viajes de Gulliver para niños