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A Modest Proposal by Dr Jonathan Swift: For preventing the children of poor people in Ireland, from being a burden on their parents or country, and for making them beneficial to the public - Softcover

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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 mocked heartless attitudes towards the poor, as well as British policy toward the Irish in general. In English writing, the phrase "a modest proposal" is now conventionally an allusion to this style of straight-faced satire.

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  • PublisherIndependently published
  • Publication date2017
  • ISBN 10 1549880373
  • ISBN 13 9781549880377
  • BindingPaperback
  • LanguageEnglish
  • Number of pages24
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