# Gulliver’s Travels — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift.

- [Gulliver's Travels](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/chapters/gulliver-s-travels.md): The book recounts Lemuel Gulliver's voyages to fantastical lands, beginning with his shipwreck in Lilliput, where he is a giant among tiny people, and continuing to Brobdingnag, where he is a miniature among giants, then
- [Part I: A Voyage to Lilliput](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/chapters/part-i-a-voyage-to-lilliput.md): Lemuel Gulliver, a surgeon turned sea captain, embarks on a voyage that ends in shipwreck. He awakens to find himself a prisoner of the tiny Lilliputians, a race of people six inches tall. After proving his goodwill, he 
- [Chapter I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/chapters/i.md): Gulliver recounts his background, education, and early career as a surgeon before taking to the sea. After a series of voyages, he embarks on the Antelope, which is wrecked in a storm. He swims ashore in Lilliput, where 
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/chapters/ii.md): The Emperor of Lilliput, attended by nobles, visits Gulliver in his confinement. Gulliver describes the Emperor's person and dress. Learned men are appointed to teach Gulliver the Lilliputian language. Gulliver gains fav
- [Chapter III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/chapters/iii.md): Gulliver entertains the Lilliputian court with various diversions, including a mock battlefield on his handkerchief. He describes the court's rope-dancing and leaping contests used to select officials. After negotiations

> 41 more chapter companions — [open a free preview](https://www.betterreads.dev/reader?bookId=gulliver_s_travels_se_1516kb&preview=1) to unlock the rest.

- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [Chapter V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/chapters/v.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [Chapter VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/chapters/viii.md)
- [Part II: A Voyage to Brobdingnag](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/chapters/part-ii-a-voyage-to-brobdingnag.md)
- [Chapter I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [Chapter III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [Chapter IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [Chapter V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/chapters/v.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [Chapter VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [Chapter VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/chapters/viii.md)
- [Part III: A Voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Luggnagg, Glubbdubdrib, and Japan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/chapters/part-iii-a-voyage-to-laputa-balnibarbi-luggnagg-glubbdubdrib-and-japan.md)
- [Chapter I: The Third Voyage Begins](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [Chapter IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/chapters/v.md)
- [Chapter VI: A Further Account of the Academy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [Chapter VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [Chapter VIII: A Further Account of Glubbdubdrib. Ancient and Modern History Corrected.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/chapters/viii.md)
- [Chapter IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/chapters/ix.md)
- [Chapter X: The Struldbrugs of Luggnagg](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/chapters/x.md)
- [Chapter XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/chapters/xi.md)
- [Part IV: A Voyage to the Country of the Houyhnhnms](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/chapters/part-iv-a-voyage-to-the-country-of-the-houyhnhnms.md)
- [Chapter I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/chapters/i.md)
- [Chapter II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [Chapter III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [Chapter IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/chapters/v.md)
- [Chapter VI: A Continuation of the State of England Under Queen Anne](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [Chapter VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [Chapter VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/chapters/viii.md)
- [Chapter IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/chapters/ix.md)
- [Chapter X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/chapters/x.md)
- [Chapter XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/chapters/xi.md)
- [Chapter XII: The Author's Veracity and Final Reflections](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/chapters/xii.md)
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/chapters/endnotes.md)
- [List of Illustrations](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/chapters/list-of-illustrations.md)

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