A Modest Proposal
by Jonathan Swift
1729 · Political satire, English, Religious satire, English, Ireland -- Politics and government -- 18th century -- Humor · 5 chapters
A story in 5 chapters by Jonathan Swift. It begins: “I again subtract fifty thousand, for those women who miscarry, or whose children die by accident or disease within the year”.
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Other editions in the library: A Modest Proposal: For preventing the children of poor people in Ireland, from being a burden on their parents or country, and for making them beneficial to the publick.
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