01735cam a22003253u 45000010005000000030007000050050017000120060002000290070005000310080041000360400011000770410017000880500007001051000032001122450175001442640051003193000047003703360026004173370026004433380036004695000084005055000031005895080044006205200534006645340045011986530030012436530030012736530064013038560042013671080UtSlPG20260610133040.0mcr n260607r1997||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPR1 aSwift, Jonathan,d1667-174512aA Modest Proposal :bFor preventing the children of poor people in Ireland, from being a burden on their parents or country, and for making them beneficial to the publick 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c1997  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aWikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Modest_Proposal  aRelease date is 1997-10-01  aAn Anonymous Volunteer and David Widger  a"A Modest Proposal" by Jonathan Swift is a satirical essay written and published in 1729. The work shockingly suggests that Ireland's poor could solve their economic troubles by selling their children as food to the wealthy. Through sustained irony and deadpan humor, Swift uses this outrageous premise to mock hostile attitudes toward the poor and expose the dehumanizing policies of British colonial rule. The essay remains celebrated for its dark wit and biting social commentary. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aPolitical satire, English  aReligious satire, English  aIreland -- Politics and government -- 18th century -- Humor40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1080