A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift

A Modest Proposal

Jonathan Swift

30 pages first pub 1729 (editions)

nonfiction classics essays dark funny fast-paced
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Swift's essay is widely held to be one of the greatest examples of sustained irony in the history of the English language. Much of its shock value derives from the fact that the first portion of the essay describes the plight of starving beggars i...

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