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.-
语言 英语 ● 格式 EPUB ● ISBN 9789176393413 ● 出版者 Saga Egmont International ● 发布时间 2017 ● 下载 3 时 ● 货币 EUR ● ID 5195120 ● 复制保护 Adobe DRM
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