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A modest proposal

Jonathan Swift

196915 pagesabout 15–20 minutes
1969
first published
  • 1969Charles E. Merrill · ENG
  • 1969Grossman · 35 pages · ENG
  • 1969Grossman · 42 pages · ENG
  • 1969C. E. Merrill Pub. Co. · 130 pages · ENGISBN 9780675094412
  • 2005BukAmerica Inc. · 16 pages · ENGISBN 9780976425410
  • 2006ICON Group International, Inc. · 26 pages · ENGISBN 9780497257989
  • 2005www.bnpublishing.com · 100 pagesISBN 9789561003644
  • 1729Sarah Harding · 15 pages · ENG

Swift's black satire in which the Proposer, after a protracted prologue foreshadowing a new measure for the nation to adopt with respect to its youngest children, finally announces it - at one year old they would make an excellent stew, ragout, or fricassee, and child-bearing mothers could engage in robust competition to see who could bring the fattest baby to market.

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Emotional toneIronic
HumourWry
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