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A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People from Being a Burthen to Their Parents, or the Country, and for Making Them Beneficial to

Jonathan Swift

3.92 AVERAGE

oaktoast's review against another edition

4.5

funny lighthearted reflective fast-paced

sunkernplus's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark funny tense fast-paced

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rip jonathan swift you would've mined so much horrifying material from modern day conservatives

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cannibalism

Moderate: Misogyny, Racism, Antisemitism

Minor: Abortion

gummygummygum's review against another edition

3.75

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niovi_kt's review against another edition

5.0

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I went into this blindly, having no clue as to what it was about. I was not disappointed.

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2.75

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katherineanna's review against another edition

4.5

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nataliakrlna's review against another edition

3.75

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2.0

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florencebrino's review against another edition

4.0

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Spoiler

I shall now therefore humbly propose my own thoughts, which I hope will not be liable to the least objection. I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London, that a young healthy child well nursed is at a year old a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled, and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricassee, or ragout.

A child will make two dishes at an entertainment for friends, and when the family dines alone, the fore or hind quarter will make a reasonable dish, and seasoned with a little pepper or salt will be very good boiled on the fourth day, especially in winter.

** Photo credit: Jonathan Swift / CC
Population / James Cridland, Flickr via Forbes.
Photo of a baby lobster via IDN Times.

Jan 04, 16
* Also on my blog.