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Jonathan Swift's classic essay A Modest Proposal is one of the most iconic essays ever written and is a perfect example of hyperbole and satire. This Colorful Classics edition presents this classic in full with a beautifully designed colorful cover that is a perfect edition to... Read Full Overview

"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."

A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal" is a satirical essay written to mock the callous and indignant attitude of Ireland's rich towards the poor. In the essay, Swift argues Ireland's economic problems could be lessened by selling poor Irish children as food to the wealthy. First... Read Full Overview

In 1729, Jonathan Swift proposed the most satirical answer to poverty ever written: we sell poor children as food to rich people! The essay is as hilarious today as it was hundreds of years ago...if you can understand it!f you have struggled in the past reading the satire, then... Read Full Overview

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... Read Full Overview

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In response to the dire economic conditions in eighteenth-century Ireland, A Modest Proposal ironically exhorts the poor to provide their offspring as food to the rich. Skilfully applying a wealth of classical rhetorical techniques, Swift's satirical tour de force takes a... Read Full Overview

"A Modest Proposal", reprinted here, was written over 300 years ago by Jonathan Swift, outspoken voice of the 18th century, and author of "Gulliver's Travels." In his humorous essay, Swift wrote against the British elite's disdain for the starving Irish children, who were then... Read Full Overview

'... a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food...'

Swift's devastating short satire on how to solve a famine

A Modest Proposal For preventing the Children of Poor People From being a Burthen to Their Parents or Country, and For making them Beneficial to the Publick, commonly referred to as A Modest Proposal, is a Juvenalian satirical essay written and published anonymously by Jonathan... Read Full Overview

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From the master of satire, Jonathan Swift, comes a collection of his classic satirical works. "A Modest Proposal" includes the following works: A Tale of a Tub, The Battle of the Books, An Argument... Read Full Overview

Oh, the irony. In this marvelous essay, Jonathan Swift proposes an ingenious method of handing the children of poor people--they can be used as food for the rich. You must admit that it's a solution. Bring your own barbecue sauce.This is the large print edition with 20 point... Read Full Overview

Read & Co. Great Essays presents this brand new edition of Jonathan Swift's satirical essay, "A Modest Proposal" (1729). Referring to the worsening state of poverty amongst families and children in Ireland at the time, Swift's proposal is to solve the problem by feeding the children... Read Full Overview