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A Modest Proposal

A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People from Being a Burthen to Their Parents or Country, and for Making Them Beneficial to the Publick, commonly referred to simply as A Modest Proposal, is a 1729 satirical essay by the Anglo-Irish writer and clergyman Jonathan Swift. The essay, written from the perspective of a fictional narrator…

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Author
Jonathan Swift
Genre
Satirical essay
Publication date
1729
Publisher
S. Harding
Language
English
Pages
16

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A Modest ProposalAuthorJonathan Swift1.00infobox
A Modest ProposalGenreSatirical essay1.00infobox
A Modest ProposalLanguageEnglish1.00infobox
A Modest ProposalPages161.00infobox
A Modest ProposalPublication date17291.00infobox
A Modest ProposalPublisherS. Harding1.00infobox
A Modest ProposalSubjectSocial commentary1.00infobox
A Modest ProposalTextA Modest Proposal at Wikisource1.00infobox
A Modest Proposalrelated to Defoe's The Generous ProjectorIt0.60section
A Modest Proposalrelated to Defoe's The Generous ProjectorModest Proposal0.60section
A Modest Proposalrelated to Defoe's The Generous ProjectorThe Generous Projector0.60section
A Modest Proposalrelated to Defoe's The Generous ProjectorFriendly Proposal0.60section

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