A Modest Proposal (AmazonClassics Edition)

In Jonathan Swift's incisive satire set in eighteenth-century Dublin, a stark portrait of poverty unfolds, where desperate mothers beg for alms to sustain their children. Swift proposes a shocking solution: fattening the babies of impoverished families to sell as gourmet food for the wealthy, exposing the indifference of the rich towards the plight of the poor. This provocative work, originally published as "A Modest Proposal," challenges societal norms and remains a poignant commentary on social reform.