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A modest proposal amazonclassics edition audiobook by. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. Jonathan swift 30 november 1667 19 october 1745 was an angloirish satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer first for the whigs, then for the tories, poet and cleric who became dean of st patricks cathedral, dublin. A modest proposal bbc radio 4 in our time with melvyn bragg a modest proposal for preventing the children of poor people from being a burthen to their parents or the country, and for making them beneficial to the publick. A modest proposal jonathan swift 1667 1745 jonathan swift almost defines satire in this biting and brutal pamphlet in which he suggests that poor catholic irish families should fatten up their children and sell them to the rich protestant land owners, thus solving the twin problems of starving children and poverty in one blow. Kindle edition by swift, jonathan, publishing, red skull. Its a social commentary on british societys treatment of the poor. Wickedly narrated by david stifel, and written in 1729, this satiric essay on how to solve irelands chronic poverty is perhaps more shocking today than when it was written. Read by john gonzales for further information, including links to online text, reader information, rss feeds, cd cover or other formats if available, please go to the librivox catalog page for this recording. A modest proposal illustrated free audiobooks download a modest proposal for preventing the children of poor people from being a burden 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 swift. Find books like a modest proposal from the worlds largest community of readers.
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