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Gulliver's Travels / Power and Satire

Author: Jonathan Swift (Gutenberg)  | Themes: political hierarchy, instability, satire, empire, conflict  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-03-16

We compute the _Tramecksan_, or high heels, to exceed us in number; but the power is wholly on our side. We apprehend his imperial highness, the heir ...
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Gulliver's Travels / Voyages and Encounters

Author: Jonathan Swift (Gutenberg)  | Themes: exploration, satire, adventure, critique, isolation  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-06

In the mean time, I here conclude the second part of my unfortunate voyages. A VOYAGE TO LAPUTA, BALNIBARBI, GLUBBDUBDRIB, LUGGNAGG AND JAPAN. I had n...
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Gulliver's Travels / Movement and Music

Author: Jonathan Swift (Gutenberg)  | Themes: power, absurdity, satire, authority, distraction  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-11-22

His majesty had given orders, that the island should move north-east and by east, to the vertical point over Lagado, the metropolis of the whole kingd...