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‘Depicts humanity at its most grotesque’: Why the 300-year-old novel Gulliver’s Travels is so misunderstood

First published in 1726, Jonathan Swift’s adventure novel has been chopped, changed and adapted ever since. Is it a “misanthropic satire” or a “fantastical nursery tale”? You may be familiar with the story of Lemuel Gulliver. He wakes up after a shipwreck only to be pinned down by ropes and …

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