{"product_id":"book-b53a","title":"Gulliver's Travels","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePenguin Classics presents Jonathan Swift's inventive classic,  \u003ci\u003eGulliver's Travels,\u003c\/i\u003e adapted for audio and now available as a digital download as part of the Penguin English Library series. Read by Hugh Laurie, star of the hit TV series \u003ci\u003eHouse.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Fifteen hundred of the Emperor's largest horses, each about four inches and an half high, were employed to draw me towards the Metropolis, which, as I said, was half a Mile distant'\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA savage and hilarious satire, \u003ci\u003eGulliver's Travels\u003c\/i\u003e sees Lemuel Gulliver shipwrecked and adrift, subject to bizarre and unnerving encounters with, among others, quarrelling Lilliputians, philosophising horses and the brutish Yahoo tribe, that change his view of humanity - and himself - for ever. Swift's classic of 1726 portrays mankind in a distorted hall of mirrors as a diminished, magnified and finally bestial species, presenting us with a comical yet uncompromising reflection of ourselves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePart of a series of vintage recordings taken from the Penguin Archives. Affordable, collectable, quality productions - perfect for on-the-go listening.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin UK","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49390105100592,"sku":"BDb53a","price":9.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/b53a-cover.jpg?v=1761948155","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-b53a","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}