{"product_id":"a-modest-proposal-by-jonathan-swift","title":"A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift","description":"\u003ch3 id=\"about_book_header\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eAbout this eBook \u003ca style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\" title=\"Information about Table: Bibliographic Record.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/help\/bibliographic_record.html#Table:_Bibliographic_Record\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"icon icon_help noprint\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable style=\"width: 100.059%; height: 450.657px;\" id=\"about_book_table\" class=\"bibrec\"\u003e\n\u003ccolgroup\u003e \u003ccol style=\"width: 16.221%;\" class=\"narrow\"\u003e \u003ccol style=\"width: 82.3529%;\"\u003e \u003c\/colgroup\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eSwift, Jonathan, 1667-1745\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 78.375px;\"\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"height: 78.375px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eTitle\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"height: 78.375px;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eA Modest Proposal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eFor 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\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 39.1875px;\"\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"height: 39.1875px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eNote\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"height: 39.1875px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eWikipedia page about this book: https:\u003ca style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A_Modest_Proposal\"\u003e\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A_Modest_Proposal\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eCredits\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eAn Anonymous Volunteer and David Widger\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eReading Level\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eReading ease score: 37.3 (College-level). 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This work is a classic example of political satire and addresses the dire circumstances faced by the poor in Ireland during that period. The essay presents a shocking and extreme solution to poverty and overpopulation, proposing that impoverished Irish families sell their children as food to the wealthy. In this ironic treatise, Swift employs a calm \u003cspan class=\"toggle-content\"\u003eand logical tone to suggest that the solution to the plight of poor Irish mothers and their numerous children lies in the consumption of infants. He meticulously calculates the benefits of his proposal, including the economic advantages for families and the reduction of poverty. The essay critiques the British government’s neglect of the Irish population and the dehumanizing effects of colonialism, illustrating the absurdity of the social and economic conditions that lead to such a monstrous idea. 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