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What does Jonathan Swift suggest in A Modest Proposal?

a. Irish children be raised for meat
b. English children be raised for meat
c. Irish children be taught to read Latin
d. English children be sent to America
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Jonathan Swift

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born

November 30, 1667

died

October 19, 1745

gender

male

place of birth

Dublin, Ireland

genre

Nonfiction, Literature & Fiction, Poetry

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Jonathan Swift (November 30, 1667 – October 19, 1745) was an Anglo-Irish cleric, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin, satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer (first for Whigs then for Tories), and poet, famous for works like Gulliver's Travels, A Modest Proposal, A Journal to Stella, The Drapier's Letters, The Battle of the Books, and A Tale of a Tub. Swift is probably the foremost prose satirist in the English language, and is less well known for his poetry. Swift published all of his works under pseudonyms — such as Lemuel Gulliver, Isaac Bickerstaff, M.B. Drapier — or anonymously. He is also known fo...more

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avg rating: 3.60 | 15,623 ratings | 780 reviews | 161 distinct works | 28 fans

	Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift avg rating 3.48 — 9,789 ratings — published 1726 413 editions	my rating:
	A Modest Proposal and Other Satirical Works by Jonathan Swift avg rating 4.03 — 1,928 ratings — published 1729 5 editions	my rating:
	Gulliver's Travels and A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift avg rating 3.73 — 471 ratings — published 2005 2 editions	my rating:
	A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift avg rating 4.06 — 218 ratings — published 1729 9 editions	my rating:
	Gulliver's Travels and Other Writings by Jonathan Swift avg rating 3.55 — 246 ratings — published 1726 14 editions	my rating:
	A Tale of a Tub and Other Works by Jonathan Swift avg rating 3.58 — 102 ratings — published 1704 7 editions	my rating:
	The Writings of Jonathan Swift: Authoritative Texts, Backgrounds, Criticism (Norton Critical Edition) by Jonathan Swift avg rating 4.45 — 44 ratings — published 1940 26 editions	my rating:
	Directions to Servants (100 Pages) by Jonathan Swift avg rating 4.05 — 20 ratings — published 1742 5 editions	my rating:
	Complete Poems by Jonathan Swift avg rating 4.13 — 15 ratings — published 1967 7 editions	my rating:
	A Tale of a Tub by Jonathan Swift avg rating 3.69 — 13 ratings — published 1704 14 editions	my rating: