GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

GK

BOOKS AND AUTHORS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The book ‘Gullivers Travels” was written by-
A
Charles Lamb
B
Charles Dickens
C
Alexander Dumas
D
Jonathan Swift
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels was first published in 1726 under the title Travels into several Remote Nations of the World. The fantastical narrative was initially presented as a factual account written by ‘Lemuel Gulliver, first a surgeon, and then a captain of several ships’.

Detailed explanation-2: -The author of the pseudonymous Travels was the Church-of-Ireland Dean of St. Patrick’s in Dublin, Jonathan Swift. Swift wrote that his satiric project in the Travels was built upon a “great foundation of Misanthropy” and that his intention was “to vex the world”, not entertain it.

Detailed explanation-3: -Gulliver’s Travels is a four-part prose travelogue, narrated by the fictitious persona of Lemuel Gulliver, who tells the story of his extensive global voyages, the places he has been and the people (and other creatures) he met.

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