A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift

A Modest Proposal

Jonathan Swift

18 pages first pub 1729 (editions)

nonfiction classics essays dark funny fast-paced
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A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People in Ireland From Being a Burden to Their Parents or Country, and for Making Them Beneficial to the Public, commonly referred to as A Modest Proposal, is a Juvenalian satirical essay writt...

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