A Modest Proposal

A Modest Proposal

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2016 · English · Kindle · 231 editions
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‘A Modest Proposal' by Jonathan Swift
A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People From Being a Burthen to Their Parents or Country, and for Making Them Beneficial to the Publick,commonly referred to as A Modest Proposal, is a Juvenalian satirical essay written and published anonymously by Jonathan Swift in 1729. Swift suggests that the impoverished Irish might ease their economic troubles by selling their children as food for rich gentlemen and ladies.This satirical hyperbole mocks heartless attitudes towards the poor, as well as Irish policy in general.

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Format Kindle
Pages 19 pages
Language English
Published Jan 3, 2016
Publisher Classics HD

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Children’s Biography Action & Adventure Science & Technology History Humor Travel

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