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Swift's Gulliver's Travels Reaches Its 300th Anniversary

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Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels was first published anonymously in London on October 28, 1726. Three centuries later, Trinity College Dublin is marking the anniversary with an exhibition in the Old Library's Long Room.

The novel follows a traveller through imagined societies, including Lilliput, whose inhabitants are tiny. Trinity describes the work as satire: writing that can use humour to question human behaviour. The exhibition remains on display until the end of December 2026.

Source: Trinity College Dublin, 2026-10-15. https://www.tcd.ie/english/news/news-2026/from-lilliput-to-the-long-room-trinity-celebrates-300-years-of-gullivers-travels/

Read and practise

1. Where and when was Gulliver's Travels first published?

   1. London on October 28, 1726
   2. Dublin on October 28, 2026
   3. London at the end of December 2026

2. How does the passage explain satire?

   1. Writing that can use humour to question human behaviour
   2. A factual list of library opening hours
   3. A promise that a story describes only real places

Your turn

Explain why the book and the exhibition belong to different points in time.

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