Wickedly narrated by David Stifel, and written in 1729, this satiric essay on how to solve Ireland's chronic poverty is perhaps more shocking today than when it was written. In the 1960s, when Peter O'Toole did a public reading of this piece in Dublin, he very nearly started a riot. Newspapers the following day lambasted O'Toole's "shocking bad taste."
This week, the audio book version of Jonathan Swift's A Modest Proposal has made it into the top 50 bestsellers in the Humor category. You can legally download or stream this audio book and listen for free at Spotify, Deezer, and in high quality at Audible.
A Modest Proposal
by Jonathan Swift
Length: 0:23 h
Published: 02-25-14
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A Modest Proposal, Unabridged, by Jonathan Swift
by John Gonzales
Length: 0:24 h
Published: 2007-03-01
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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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