Summary of Gulliver's Travels Anyway, I have been reading a book that is very interesting. Gulliver's Travels is the book. It is considered classic book written in 1735, revised from its previous version by Jonathan Swift, who is the book's original writer. The story is about a man named Lemuel Gulliver and his voyages across the globe. It is in first person, and Gulliver himself tells the story. He visits many lands of strange and distinct features and peoples whom he learns much from. Gulliver is a learned man that travels on boats as a ship's surgeon. He knows many languages and learns many more on the four journeys that take him to