Swift, Jonathan
A Modest Proposal
In a time when poor Irish families struggled to feed their children, Jonathan Swift wrote an essay, which he published anonymously, making a few suggestions. He called it `A Modest Proposal' (1729) or `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.'The solution was simple: Fatten up the undernourished children and sell them as food for the rich. Everybody wins! Though written in a serious tone, the humour in this essay is undeniable, and so is its mocking of the heartless attitudes towards poor people.
- Tekijä(t)
- Swift, Jonathan
- Lukija
- Gonzales, John
- Julkaisija
- Saga Egmont
- Julkaisuvuosi
- 2017
- Kieli
- en
- Painos
- 1
- Sarja
- Svenska Ljud Classica
- Kategoria
- Romaanit, novellit
- Tiedostomuoto
- Äänikirja
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- 00:24:00
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