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Aug 18, 2023 • 8min
Gulliver's Travels: Part 10: The journey's end
Gulliver reflects on his encounter with a female Yahoo and finds a surprising similarity. He is forced to leave the hoonims and prepares to search for a deserted island. The narrator meets Yahu sailors and decides to reform the Yahu race after feeling disgusted by their smell.
Aug 11, 2023 • 7min
Gulliver's Travels: Part 9: In the land of the houyhnhnms
Gulliver finds himself on an island of talking horse-people
Aug 4, 2023 • 7min
Gulliver's Travels: Part 8: Horrible science
Gulliver visits the Great Academy of Lagado
4 snips
Jul 28, 2023 • 7min
Gulliver's Travels: Part 7: Island in the sky
An attack by pirates leaves Gulliver alone on an empty island.
Jul 14, 2023 • 8min
Gulliver's Travels: Part 6: Gunpowder
Gulliver tries to bargain for his freedom with the King of the giants.
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Jul 7, 2023 • 8min
Gulliver's Travels: Part 5: Palace of the giants
Our hero Gulliver is in the land of the giants, Brobdingnag.
Jun 30, 2023 • 8min
Gulliver's Travels: Part 4: Voyage to Brobdingnag
After his adventures in the land Lilliput, Gulliver takes to sea again.
5 snips
Jun 23, 2023 • 8min
Gulliver's Travels: Part 3: Treachery and treason
Gulliver is a hero after helping Lilliput defeat their enemy Blefuscu.
6 snips
Jun 16, 2023 • 7min
Gulliver's Travels: Part 2: War with Blefuscu
The tiny people offer Gulliver his freedom if he agrees to help them.
17 snips
Jun 9, 2023 • 9min
Gulliver's Travels: Part 1: Voyage to Lilliput
Our hero Gulliver wakes up in a strange land surrounded by hundreds of tiny people.
