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The travel begins with a short preamble in which Lemuel Gulliver gives a brief outline of his life and history before his voyages. During his first voyage, Gulliver is washed ashore after a shipwreck and finds himself a prisoner of a race of tiny people, less than 6 inches (0.50 ft) tall, who are inhabitants of the island country of Lilliput. After giving assurances of his good behaviour, he is given a residence in Lilliput and becomes a favourite of the Lilliput Royal Court.

Les Voyages de Gulliver ou Les Voyages extraordinaires de Gulliver (en anglais Gulliver's Travels) est un roman satirique crit par Jonathan Swift en 1721. Une version censur e et modifi e par son diteur para t pour la premi re fois en 1726; ce n'est qu'en 1735 qu'il para tra en version compl te. Il appara t pour la premi re fois en fran ais sous le titre Voyages du capitaine Lemuel Gulliver en divers pays eloignez en janvier 1727, La Haye.

Title: The Works of the Reverend Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin, in twenty volumes. Containing: .Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The GENERAL HISTORICAL collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. This varied collection includes material that gives readers a 19th century view of the world. Topics include health, education, economics, agriculture, environment, technology, culture, politics, labour and industry, mining, penal policy, and social order. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Swift, Jonathan; Birch, Thomas; Faulkner, George; null null 12269.dd.7.