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Note publique d'information : La quatrième de couverture indique : "Gulliver's Travels is one of the few works of
English literature which is also a landmark in world literature. Jonathan Swift's
account of Lemuel Gulliver's adventures in the fantastical societies of 'remote nations'
was an instant best-seller on publication in 1726 and has remained in the public imagination
ever since, as both a satiric fantasy and an analysis of the human condition. This
scholarly edition offers an authoritative text, based on the widest possible historical
collation of the many editions published in Swift's lifetime; a detailed introduction
and textual apparatus; and appendices and illustrations presenting important ancillary
material with new clarity. Extensive notes and commentary open out the many layers
of meaning and allusion in the text, identify new sources and parallels and offer
wide-ranging historical background information. An important addition to the Cambridge
Swift Edition, this volume will be indispensable for scholars and students of eighteenth-century
literature and ideas."