A Modest Proposal
Published on 31. May 2026
24 pages
978-1-912475-00-1 (ISBN)
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"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 fricasee, or a ragoust."
Jonathan Swift's 1729 pamphlet is at once a denunciation of the mistreatment of Ireland's poor and a daringly inventive comic rhapsody. Still shocking in its defiance of good taste and unrivalled in its evisceration of political hypocrisy, this is one of the greatest satires ever written.
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Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) was a prominent Anglican clergyman and an outspoken commentator on Irish affairs. He is now best known for his satires A Tale of a Tub, Gulliver's Travels, and A Modest Proposal.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Contents
- A Modest Proposal
- Copyright
