A Modest Proposal

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Publisher's Synopsis

A modest proposal to prevent the children of the poor from burdening their parents or their country and for them to benefit Publick, commonly referred to as the modest proposal, is a children's satire article. And the youth who wrote and published anonymously by Jonathan Swift in 1729 This article suggests that poor Irish people may alleviate economic problems by selling their children as food to wealthy gentlemen and ladies. This satirical exaggeration mimics the heartless attitude towards the poor as well as the British policy of the Irish people in general.

Book information

ISBN: 9798679396425
Publisher: Independently Published
Imprint: Independently Published
Pub date:
DEWEY: 828.507
Language: English
Number of pages: 26
Weight: 50g
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Spine width: 1mm