768 reviews for:

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

mary36's review against another edition

4.0

funny reflective

emareading's review against another edition

4.5

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Disturbing

jonske's review against another edition

4.0

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Cannibalism & satire is a great combo, thoroughly enjoyed this

laurengraz's review against another edition

4.5

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sydneylehr's review against another edition

4.0

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This is always a fun one to read and discuss, and it’s a blast seeing people’s reactions the first time they read it. It is very helpful to go into this work with some knowledge of the mistreatment of the Irish at the hands of the British in the 1600-1700s. It also is enjoyable to see that humor has changed little over the years. This work is a political satire, and political satire still exists every night on TV.

If you’ve never read this, give it a go. It’s short, quick, and fun and you absolutely can find it for free online. But, it is very thought provoking, so take a second to think about it!

aus's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark funny informative reflective fast-paced

eureekasprings's review against another edition

5.0

funny fast-paced

nicolleschumacher's review against another edition

4.0

dark funny reflective fast-paced

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One of the best satires ever, still tragically relevant 

charlene_balba's review against another edition

2.75

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jmrich92's review against another edition

3.25

dark funny fast-paced