格列佛的**次惊心动魄的奇遇是在航海中遭遇大风暴后,他被抛入海中,拼命游到了一个小岛上,这个岛原来是个奇异的小人国,名叫“利立浦特”。
这里的人只有五、六英寸高,他们起初对格列佛充满了恐惧,但格列佛的友好、善良打动了利立浦特人。国王召见他,给他提供了饭食和住处,称他为“人山”,并允许他在岛上自由活动。格列佛观察到岛上的一些荒唐现象:官员们的升迁要看他们走空中绳索技艺的好坏;岛上分为两个政治派别:“高跟党”与“低跟党”,他们分别穿着高跟鞋与低跟鞋;利立浦特国与邻国的激烈矛盾起源于打鸡蛋时该打大头还是小头,许多人因此而丧命或背井离乡。格列佛帮助利立浦特国王打败了他们的敌人,并使他们和平解决了争端,但国王却要求格列佛帮他占领邻国,以实现他自己的野心。在遭到拒**,国王居然下令以“叛国罪”处死格列佛。格列佛*终逃离了小人国,回到了自己的**。
格列佛在第二次的航海中又被风暴带到了一个叫做“布罗丁奈”的巨人岛上。一个农夫巨人收留了他,却强迫他为巨人们表演来赚钱。贪婪的农夫巨人靠格列佛发了财,但格列佛却因饥饿、劳累奄奄一息。这时,王后召见格列佛并从农夫那里买下了他。格列佛通过谈话发现这里的

Part One: A Voyage to Lilliput
Chapter One A Terrible Storm
Chapter Two The Tiny Men
Chapter Three Meeting the King
Chapter Four My First Week in Lilliput
Chapter Five I Become Free
Chapter Six I Learn More about Lilliput
Chapter Seven War and Troubles
Chapter Eight The Fire
Chapter Nine Accused!
Chapter Ten Escape to Blefuscu
Part Two: A Voyage to Brobdingnag
Chapter One Left Behind
Chapter Two Inside the Giant's House
Chapter Three I Begin to Work
Chapter Four I Move To the Palace
Chapter Five A Talk with the King
Chapter Six Many Dangers!
Chapter Seven Escaping Brobdingnag
Part Three: A Voyage to the Country of the Houyhnhnms
Chapter One The Mysterious Horses
Chapter Two The Truth about the Island
Chapter Three Human or Yahoo?
Chapter Four A Conversation about War
Chapter Five The Life of the Houyhnhnms
Chapter Six The Great Meeting
Chapter Seven Sad News
Chapter Eight The End of My Story