"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 written and published anonymously by Jonathan Swift in 1729. Swift suggests in his essay that the impoverished Irish might ease their economic troubles by selling children as food for rich gentlemen and ladies. By doing this he mocks the authority of the British officials.
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A Modest Proposal
by Jonathan Swift
Length: 9:14 h
Published: 01-24-11
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A Modest Proposal (unabridged)
by Jonathan Swift
Length: 0:24 h
Published: 2017-01-04
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by Daniel White
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Published: 2018-03-16
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A Modest Proposal, Unabridged, by Jonathan Swift
by John Gonzales
Length: 0:24 h
Published: 2007-01-01
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