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 by Jonathan Swift

3.92 AVERAGE

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livsolveigh's review against another edition

3.0
„a modest proposal“ itself was amazing, however the other essays/stories/texts in the book were not mine 

mitdream28's review against another edition

4.25
dark funny informative medium-paced

zerrota's review against another edition

4.0
dark reflective fast-paced
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chadinguist's review against another edition

4.0
funny reflective fast-paced

mikemulligan's review against another edition

3.0
A Modest Proposal is incredible and still relevant all these years later. In general I prefer his later works though that may be because of their Irish themes. To get the most out of the essays you need to get a bit of background on who is is taking aim at and why. But Swift really knows how to throw shade.
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martynapiorko's review against another edition

4.5
dark funny reflective fast-paced

azie's review against another edition

3.5
dark funny fast-paced

_logan_'s review against another edition

2.5
the general idea is interesting but just went on much too long without really saying anything new
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rust_and_stardust's review against another edition

3.5
challenging funny informative reflective slow-paced

earlgreygremlin's review against another edition

4.0
swift’s grasp on verbal irony is key to the success of this proposal. any falter would result in the poignancy of swift’s plea to deteriorate.

ridiculous situations require ridiculous pleas