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A Modest Proposal

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A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift is a satirical pamphlet suggesting a shocking solution to the poverty and overpopulation of 18th-century Ireland. Swift proposes, with biting irony, that impoverished Irish families could sell their infants as food to the wealthy, thus addressing economic hardship and overpopulation. This darkly comedic proposal highlights the harsh British policies towards Ireland and criticises the indifference of the upper classes.
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A Modest Proposal

Features Jonathan Swift's (1667-1745) devastating short satire on how to solve a famine.

Swift's ferocious, landmark eighteenth-century political satire on how to solve a famine in Ireland.

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Little Black Classics - the new series to celebrate Penguin's 80th anniversary

A most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food ...

Suggesting that the Irish eat their children to avoid famine, Jonathan Swift's vicious satire on his times was published anonymously in the eighteenth century and has since become a touchstone of political writing, deadly serious in its humour.

Series: Penguin Little Black Classics

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ISBN: 9780141398181

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 26 February 2015

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Classics

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 6.0mm

Width: 111.0mm

Height: 160.0mm

Weight: 55g

Pages: 64

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About the Author

Jonathan Swift (1667-1745). Swift's works available in Penguin Classics are Gulliver's Travels and A Modest Proposal and Other Writings.

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