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Title: Modest Proposal and Other Writings
Author: Jonathan Swift
Narrator: Norman Dietz
Format: Unabridged
Length: 1:30:40
Language: English
Release date: 03-07-2008
Publisher: Recorded Books
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Classics
Summary:
In 'A Modest Proposal,' first published in 1729, Jonathan Swift heaps scorn on then-current political theory and reveals the appalling suffering taking place in Ireland - not through direct reporting, but through mock suggestions on what to do with the poor; they should sell their children for food. 'The chief end I propose to myself in all my labors is to vex the world rather than divert it,' wrote Jonathan Swift in a letter to his friend Alexander Pope. Other vexing works collected here are 'Directions to Servants,' 'The Art of Political Lying,' 'A Digression Concerning the Critics,' and 'Sweetness and Light.'
