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A Modest Proposal

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

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

Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions.

Jonathan Swift (1667-1745). Swift's works available in Penguin Classics are Gulliver's Travels and A Modest Proposal and Other Writings.

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ISBN9780141398181
PublisherVintage Classics
Publication Date02/26/15
Pages64

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  • jersy104
    jersy104

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    4.0

    An interesting look at early satire with 5 writings revealing issues of Ireland in the 18th century. As a modern reader, I would have appreciated some historical context, since I probably missed a lot of what he criticized and was trying to convey due to not being an expert of that time period. Still it was worth taking a look at.

    Sep 4, 2022

  • abookobsessed
    abookobsessed

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    3.0

    Read this for my British Reading List

    Nov 15, 2022

  • 4.0

    And that's on cannibalism

    Apr 12, 2024

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