A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift

A Modest Proposal

Jonathan Swift

50 pages first pub 1729 (editions) user-added

nonfiction classics essays challenging funny reflective slow-paced

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The streets of eighteenth-century Dublin were rife with an appalling level of poverty. Desperate mothers regularly begged for alms to feed their children, and although passersby might have occasionally contributed a few coins, no large-scale remed...

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Moods

funny 79%
dark 65%
reflective 35%
challenging 25%
informative 12%
lighthearted 8%
sad 3%
tense 2%
emotional 1%
inspiring 1%

Pace

fast 51%
medium 26%
slow 22%

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