A Modest Proposal and Other Writings

by Jonathan Swift and Carole Fabricant

The Penguin Classics edition of Jonathan Swift's savagely satirical A Modest Proposal and Other Writings is edited with an introduction and notes by Carol Fabricant.

To ease poverty in Ireland by eating the children of the poor was the satirical 'solution' suggested by Jonathan Swift in his essay 'A Modest Proposal' (1729). Here Swift unleashes the full power of his ironic armoury and corrosive wit, finding his targets - the British...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140436421
• ISBN13: 9780140436426
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Length: 412 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher