A Modest Proposal (unabridged) - Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift

A Modest Proposal (unabridged)

Laufzeit ca. 25 Minuten. Sprache: Englisch.
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ISBN 9176391892
EAN 9789176391891
Veröffentlicht Januar 2017
Verlag/Hersteller SAGA Egmont
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In a time when poor Irish families struggled to feed their children, Jonathan Swift wrote an essay, which he published anonymously, making a few suggestions. He called it 'A Modest Proposal' (1729) or 'A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People from Being a Burthen to their Parents, or the Country, and for Making them Beneficial to the Publick.' The solution was simple: Fatten up the undernourished children and sell them as food for the rich. Everybody wins! Though written in a serious tone, the humour in this essay is undeniable, and so is its mocking of the heartless attitudes towards poor people.