Single and twenty-nine, Lauryn Alexander flies back to Utah for a Butterfly Girls reunion and the hope of landing a modest proposal from the man of her dreams.
Treasury of five shorter works includes title piece plus The Battle of the Books, A Meditation Upon a Broom-Stick, A Discourse Concerning the Mechanical Operation of the Spirit and The Abolishing of Christianity in England.
A Modest Proposal Jonathan Swift - To ease poverty in Ireland by eating the children of the poor was the satirical 'solution' suggested by Jonathan Swift in his essay 'A Modest Proposal' (1729).
" This essay is widely held to be one of the greatest examples of sustained irony in the history of the English language.
Justice Peyton: 'A famous Whig Justice in those Times' (note in F '35). 28. the famous Mr. Swan... in England: Described as 'the famous Punnster' in Spectator, No. 61 and as the 'honest Mr Swan' who makes better puns than Horace in ...
This edition includes: -A concise introduction that gives readers important background information -A chronology of the author's life and work -A timeline of significant events that provides the book's historical context -An outline of key ...
A Modest Proposal and Other Short Works is a collection of Jonathan Swift's finest satirical essays, including: A Modest Proposal, The Battle of the Books, The Episode of Bentley and Wotton, A Meditation on a Broomstick, Predictions for the ...
Differentiated book- It has a historical context with research of the time-Jonathan Swift offers us an incomparable starting point to reflect on modernity.
This satirical hyperbole mocked heartless attitudes towards the poor, as well as British policy toward the Irish in general. This edition includes an introductory overview to the essay, as well as the complete text.
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A Modest Proposal For preventing the Children of Poor People From being a Burthen to Their Parents or Country, and For making them Beneficial to the Publick, commonly referred to as A Modest Proposal, is a Juvenalian satirical essay written ...