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Smithsonian Magazine · 29 Oct 2026
'Gulliver's Travels' Turns 300 This Week. Jonathan Swift's 'Profound Satire of Human Nature' Is Still Just as Bitingly Relevant
Since it was first published in October 1726, the novel purporting to tell the fantastical travel tales of Captain Lemuel Gulliver has never left print. An exhibition of rare editions and adaptations in Dublin celebrates Swift's most famous work
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