Jonathan Swift
45) Lilliput
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Three-inch-tall Lily has been trapped in a bird cage for half of her life while her giant captor, Gulliver, writes a book about his travels but she finally escapes and, aided by a clockmaker's apprentice and his friends, makes plans to leave London and return home to Lilliput. Inspired by Jonathan Swift's novel, Gulliver's Travels.
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A Modest Proposal is a Juvenalian satirical essay written and published anonymously by Jonathan Swift in 1729.
Swift suggests that the impoverished Irish might ease their economic troubles by selling their children as food for rich gentlemen and ladies. This satirical hyperbole mocked heartless attitudes towards the poor, as well as British policy toward the Irish in general.
Swift goes to great lengths to support his argument, including a list of...
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Journey to worlds both real and imagined with these timeless landmarks of literature.
Don Quixoteby Miguel de Cervantes: Considered by many to be the first modern novel, this witty epic follows the famed nobleman from La Mancha on his quest to live up to the ideals of a chivalrous knight.
Gulliver's Travelsby Jonathan Swift: The classic satire that takes Lemuel Gulliver to Lilliput, Brobdingnag, and other fantastical corners of the world.
The Confidence-Manby...
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Adventures of Wishbone volume 18
Pub. Date
1999
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English
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When Joe learns a valuable lesson in judging basketball players by their size, Wishbone imagines himself as Lemuel Gulliver, a seventeenth-century ship's surgeon who is shipwrecked in two strange lands. In one place, everyone is only a few inches tall. The other land is populated by giants.
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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
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[2011]
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English
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Brief rude humor, mild language and action.
When a shipwreck lands a lowly mailroom clerk named Gulliver on the fantastical island of Lilliput, he transforms into a giant, in size and ego! Gulliver's tall tales and heroic deeds win the hearts of the tiny Lilliputians, but when he loses it all and puts his newfound friends in peril, Gulliver must find a way to undo the damage. Through it all, Gulliver may just learn that it's how big you are on the...
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Digiview Productions
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�2004
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English
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"In this classic antimated feature of "Gulliver's Travels", Gulliver is shipwrecked on the shores of the kingdom of Lilliput after a horrific storm at sea. To the Lilliputians, Gulliver is literally a giant. Now Gulliver finds himself in a position of playing peacemaker between Lilliput and their rival kingdom, Blefiscu. Will Gulliver come to the rescue and make peace between the two kingdoms?"--Container.
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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
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English
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When a shipwreck lands a lowly mailroom clerk named Gulliver on the fantastical island of Lilliput, he transforms into a giant, in size and ego! Gulliver's tall tales and heroic deeds win the hearts of the tiny Lilliputians, but when he loses it all and puts his newfound friends in peril, Gulliver must find a way to undo the damage. Through it all, Gulliver may just learn that it's how big you are on the inside that counts.
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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
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English
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"The adventure continues when you go behind the scenes and beyond the seas of Gulliver's Travels with star Jack Black and director Rob Letterman. Loaded with awesome activities, far-out featurettes and much more, this Fun Pack is giant-sized entertainment for the whole family"--Container.
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Echo Bridge
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2017.
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English
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Adventures of a teenage dragonslayer: Branded as a "nerd" and harassed by school bully, 12-year-old Arthur is rescued by a magical troll who knows that the boy unwittingly holds the secret to defeat an evil dragon.
Gulliver's travels: Helped and hampered by the excitable town crier Gabby, shipwrecked Gulliver comes to terms with living in Lilliput where the people are no bigger than his thumb.
Alice of Wonderland in Paris: After her adventures in...