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A Modest Proposal
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"A young healthy child well nursed, is, at a year old, a most delicious nourishing and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled; and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricasee, or a ragoust."
Jonathan Swift's 1729 pamphlet is at once a denunciation of the mistreatment of Ireland's poor and a daringly inventive comic rhapsody. Still shocking in its defiance of good taste and unrivalled in its evisceration of political hypocrisy, this is one of the greatest satires ever written. Eris Gems make available in the form of beautifully produced saddle-stitched booklets a series of outstanding short works of fiction and non-fiction.This item is Non-Returnable
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- ISBN-13: 9781912475803
- ISBN-10: 1912475804
- Publisher: Eris
- Publish Date: September 2024
- Dimensions: 7.5 x 4.1 x 0.4 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.1 pounds
- Page Count: 24
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