Gulliver's Travels 1931 edition, illustrated by Rex Whistler (1905 -1944); with a foreword by Alan Charles Laurence Whistler ( 1912-2000) (always referred to as Laurence Whistler). Gulliver's Travels (1726, amended 1735) is a work of fiction by Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) that is both a satire on human nature and a parody of the "travellers' tales" literary sub-genre. Swift's masterpiece, it is his most celebrated work and one of the indisputable classics of the English language. *** Local Caption ***