A Modest Proposal - Jonathan Swift - Book 3

A Modest Proposal - Jonathan Swift - Book 3

Title: A Modest Proposal

Overview: 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 as A Modest Proposal, is a Juvenalian satirical essay written and published anonymously by Jonathan Swift in 1729. The essay suggests that the impoverished Irish might ease their economic troubles by selling their children as food to rich gentlemen and ladies. This satirical hyperbole mocked heartless attitudes towards the poor, predominantly Irish Catholic (i.e., "Papists") as well as British policy toward the Irish in general. In English writing, the phrase "a modest proposal" is now conventionally an allusion to this style of straight-faced satire.

Published: 1729

Author: Jonathan Swift

Genre: Satire, Satirical Essay

Episode: A Modest Proposal - Jonathan Swift - Book 3

Part: 1 of 1

Length Part: 24:56

Book: 3

Length Book: 24:56

Episodes: 1 of 1

Predecessor: Gulliver's Travels

Narrator: John Gonzalez

Language: English

Rated: Guidance Suggested

Edition: Unabridged Audiobook

Keywords: satire, parody, irreligion, morality, christianity, religion, literature, politics, biblical, jonathanswift

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