A Modest Proposal

Informationen zum Autor Anglo-Irish poet, satirist and clergyman, Jonathan Swift (1667-1745), was born in Dublin to English parents. He embarked on a career as diplomatic secretary and became increasingly involved in politics. He published many satirical works of verse and prose, including A Tale of a Tub , A Modest Proposal , and Gulliver's Travels. Klappentext Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions. Jonathan Swift (1667-1745). Swift's works available in Penguin Classics are Gulliver's Travels and A Modest Proposal and Other Writings. Zusammenfassung Features Jonathan Swift's (1667-1745) devastating short satire on how to solve a famine.

Product details

• Authors: Jonathan Swift
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.02.2015
• EAN: 9780141398181
• ISBN: 978-0-14-139818-1
• No. of pages: 64
• Dimensions: 114 mm x 165 mm x 7 mm
• Series: Little Black Classics; Penguin Little Black Classics; Penguin Classics; Little Black Classics; Penguin Little Black Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Essays, FICTION / Satire, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays