false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1161136379m/2677.jpg 2677 5 If you read this in high school (as many of us did), it may have shocked you--not bad for a tract written in 1729. It wouldn't be fair to those of you who haven't come across <I>A Modest Proposal</I> to reveal the particulars of the piece; suffice it to say that <I>Saturday Night Live</I> has nothing on Jonathan Swift! Swift's discussion of what Great Britain should do for his native impoverished Ireland is a model of political satire, absolutely consistent in tone and even now still sparkling in its clarity. The balance between, on the one hand, the utter seriousness of the matter in question and, on the other, the outrageousness of the remedy suggested is exquisite. <I>A Modest Proposal</I> is short and comes bound in this edition with several of Swift's other writings. This volume is an excellent introduction to the author of <i>Gulliver's Travels</i> (itself a masterwork) and to one of the world's premier satirical minds. What are you waiting for? <I>--Michael Gerber</I> 2854559 1729 A Modest Proposal and Other Satirical Works (Thrift Editions) total:2200|5:734|4:882|3:488|2:81|1:15| 2200 8839 2770 83 5 5 false false Thu Mar 01 17:12:50 -0800 2007 Thu May 10 18:52:52 -0700 2007
books that make me want to have children so I can read to them

and

books that make me want to have children so I can eat them

But really this is the only one that would fall in the latter category.

This is one of t...more...]]> 5 2 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 04 21:08:09 -0800 2007 Thu Dec 13 11:29:03 -0800 2007 A Modest Proposal and Other Satirical Works contains five essays by Swift. A Modest Proposal focuses upon politics, Battle of the Books upon literature and philosophy, and the remaining three address religious belief and practice.

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"A Modest Proposal" is so fucking ridiculously contemporary that I can't help but be the one to say it for the millionth time. If you think things have gotten too raw and uncivilized in today's age, and that people were more well mannered in the olden days, you are....full O'...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Mar 30 11:55:09 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 16:23:35 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Apr 02 20:41:15 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 02 20:46:33 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Jul 02 19:50:22 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 02 19:50:22 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Dec 03 22:40:39 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 03 22:41:22 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Wed Apr 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 09:56:26 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 09:58:00 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Feb 16 15:33:20 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 15:33:56 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1980 Fri Oct 23 20:19:55 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 08:42:21 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Oct 21 11:48:14 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 11:48:40 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue Jun 16 16:12:33 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 15:18:45 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Apr 26 22:59:56 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 26 23:03:43 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Sep 03 22:08:18 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 22:08:41 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Fri Feb 27 07:43:32 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 27 07:48:35 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2677