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The most famous work of satire ever written.
1729, 5 pages
( I hate to spoil the plot, but this proposal might not have been ENTIRELY serious... )
Verdict: A short piece that is now synonymous with satire, A Modest Proposal is still a perfect example of the form. Everyone should read it.
Also by Jonathan Swift: My review of Gulliver's Travels.
My complete list of book reviews.
1729, 5 pages
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
( I hate to spoil the plot, but this proposal might not have been ENTIRELY serious... )
Verdict: A short piece that is now synonymous with satire, A Modest Proposal is still a perfect example of the form. Everyone should read it.
Also by Jonathan Swift: My review of Gulliver's Travels.
My complete list of book reviews.
