Description
In this searing satirical masterpiece, Jonathan Swift offers a shocking and darkly humorous "solution" to the pervasive poverty and suffering in 18th-century Ireland. Through the guise of a pragmatic economic treatise, he proposes the unthinkable: that the impoverished Irish sell their children as food to the wealthy. Swift's audacious proposal serves as a powerful indictment of the callous indifference of the ruling class and the exploitative policies that doomed the Irish populace. This enduring work remains a potent example of satire's ability to expose societal ills through exaggerated and provocative means.
Available Editions
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Book Jungle
Published Jul 4, 2008
48 pages
ISBN: 9781605977270
paperback
Zeba Books
Published Jan 1, 2026
39 pages
ISBN: 9788199113596
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Details
First Published
1729
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift.