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Satirical essay, published in 1829, in which Swift proposes to relieve poverty in Ireland by selling excess babies as a delicacy meat for the rich.

Evoked considerable reaction at the time of publication, in part because some people thought Swift intended the proposal to be taken literally.

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• A Modest Proposal

  http://www.online-literature.com/swift/947/
  Complete text.

• A Modest Proposal

  http://www.pagebypagebooks.com/Jonathan_Swift/A_Modest_Proposal/index.html
  Free HTML text of one of Swift's best known essays. Read it online, page by page.

 

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