: Exploring unknown lands, the ship's doctor visited the country of Lilliputians and giants, got to the flying island, to the court of the necromancer king and to the race of intelligent horses.

Part 1. Travel to Liliput

Lemuel Gulliver was the son of a poor English landowner. At the age of fourteen, his father sent him to study in Cambridge, but due to lack of funds, Gulliver had to become a student of a famous London doctor, and then a surgeon on a ship.

Three years Gulliver traveled on different ships. In between travels, he married and tried to settle in London, but his earnings were too low, and he again became a ship's doctor.

A shipwreck occurred during one of the voyages. Miraculously, the surviving Gulliver ended up in the country of Liliput, populated by little men no more than sixteen centimeters tall.

The Lilliputians Gulliver seemed a giant, they were frightened of him, tied while he was sleeping, and put on a chain. Soon the emperor of Liliput became convinced that the giant was kind and generous, and freed him. Gulliver began to travel around the country, studying its culture and social structure.

Gulliver found out that Liliputia is at war with the Blefusku empire, located on a neighboring island. The emperor asked Gulliver to help him in the war against the Blefuskans, Gulliver crossed the narrow strait between the countries and delivered the largest ships of the enemy to Liliput, after which the emperor wished to capture the rest of the enemy fleet.

The ambition of the monarchs has no limits.

Gulliver refused to fight with a brave and free people. The emperor was offended, accused Gulliver of high treason and decided to execute. Learning about this, Gulliver went to Blefuscu, found a broken boat on the island, repaired it and left the country of Lilliputians to the great relief of both emperors.

An English ship picked up Gulliver and brought him home, but he soon set off on a new voyage.

Part 2. Traveling to Brobdingneg

The ship on which Gulliver traveled fell into a storm and was relegated to an unknown land.

The crew, including Gulliver, landed on the shore to collect fresh water. Suddenly a giant chased after the sailors, they hurriedly sailed away, leaving Gulliver.

Frightened Gulliver escaped, got on a barley field with huge ears of corn and realized that he was in the country of giants. He was picked up by a farmer who came to harvest, and his nine-year-old daughter helped Gulliver learn the local language.

The farmer began showing Gulliver in the city for money, and then decided to go around with him the whole kingdom, which was called Brobdingnegg, and set off, taking his daughter with him. In the capital of the exhausted Gulliver, the queen saw, felt sorry for him and bought from the farmer.

Gulliver moved to the palace and became a favorite of the royal family. The court dwarf, no longer considered the smallest man in the kingdom, disliked him and spoiled his life in every way.

The royal couple and the courtiers did not consider Gulliver equal to themselves. The king did not immediately believe that somewhere there are countries inhabited by little men. Gulliver tried to convince the king that Europeans are no less intelligent than giants.

Mental abilities do not increase in proportion to the size of the body.

He described the political and social structure of England, greatly embellishing it. This did not help - the British seemed to the king disgusting and evil little reptiles. He himself ruled the kingdom honestly and fairly.

Gulliver often traveled around the country in a special portable home. Once he went to the coast.There, the eagle grabbed Gulliver’s house by the ring on the roof, carried it into the ocean and dropped it into the water.

A floating house picked up an English ship and drove Gulliver to England. For a long time he could not get used to objects and people of normal sizes. Frightened that Gulliver was crazy, his wife forbade him to think about traveling.

Part 3. Travel to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Laggnegg, Glabbdobdrib and Japan

Wife released Gulliver in a new voyage on a merchant ship. The ship stopped at an Asian port, and Gulliver was asked to sell off the rest of the goods.

On the way they were attacked by pirates. Gulliver was put in a boat and left in the open sea. Soon he reached the land over which the flying island of Laputa soared. Its inhabitants were strange creatures with beveled heads. They were engaged in pure science, which they could not put into practice.

Gulliver quickly missed Laputa, where only the king lived with his court, and went down to the continent. It turned out that the country was ruined by the senseless inventions of the Laputans in the field of industry and agriculture, and the people were unhappy.

Truly, mob is the implacable enemy of science!

Soon Gulliver decided to return to England through Japan and headed to the island of Laggnegg, whose king made an alliance with the Japanese emperor. Waiting for the right ship in the port, Gulliver visited the islet Glabbdobdrib, which was controlled by wizards. The ruler of the island was a necromancer, and his servants were ghosts.

When Gulliver returned to Laggnegg, he was taken to the local king. Tom liked Gulliver's tales, and he lived at court for three months. He learned that on Laggnegg people are born endowed with immortality - eternal old men who have survived from the mind.

Finally, Gulliver left Laggnegg, reached Japan and arrived safely in England.

Part 4. Travel to the country of the Huignings

Five months later, Gulliver left England, becoming the captain of the ship. During the voyage, he had to hire new sailors who turned out to be pirates, rioted and landed Gulliver on a deserted island.

This time Gulliver came to a country inhabited by intelligent horses - the guignings. Primates were also found there, similar to a mixture of humans and monkeys, who served the Huigngms as domestic animals and who did the dirty work.

Guignnm, the owner of a large estate, believed that Gulliver was intelligent, and helped him learn his language. The Huignings proved to be virtuous and noble, primates were greedy, envious, cowardly and cruel, they inspired Gulliver with an aversion to their kind.

Gulliver, without embellishing, told his master about English customs and mores. This story alarmed the guignnma, he understood what would happen if you give half-wild primates a mind.

A corrupted mind is perhaps worse than animal dullness.

Every four years there was a council of representatives of the Guignings nation, where various business matters were discussed. At the next meeting, the owner told the council about Gulliver, and the guignings decided that he should leave their country.

Gulliver moved to a neighboring island, where he decided to spend the rest of his life away from people disgusting to him. But the island turned out to be the coast of Australia. Gulliver was seen by sailors from a Portuguese ship and taken to the ship.

The captain considered Gulliver crazy and forcibly brought him home. Gulliver hardly learned to bear the sight of people. He got used to his wife and children only a year later, but even then he did not allow him to touch himself. Gulliver spoke only with the stallions he bought.

In conclusion, Gulliver argues that everything he wrote is pure truth. He believes that the conquest of the countries he discovered will be unprofitable for the British crown, and does not want peaceful nations to suffer from “just English”.

The retelling is based on the translation B. M. Engelhardt.