Giant or Dwarf? lemuel Gulliver can never be satisfied with the staid life of a country doctor. He craves excitement, adventure, new lands and new people. so he sets out on a voyage of discovery only to be washed away by a terrible storm that shores him to a most amazing land. This is lilliput, the land of the six-inch tall people! Gulliver's Travels is an adventure story.Involving voyages of lemuel Gulliver, who because of a series of mishaps ends up on several unknown islands living with people and animals of unusual sizes,behaviors and philosophies.