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
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Publisher Description
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.
GENRE
Religion & Spirituality
RELEASED
2008
July 27
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
27
Pages
PUBLISHER
Project Gutenberg
SELLER
Scott Reid
SIZE
334.2
KB