A Little Black Classics Modest Proposal

Swift, Jonathan

ISBN 10: 0141398183 / ISBN 13: 9780141398181

Published by Penguin Classic, 2035

About this Item

Seller Inventory # U9780141398181

Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Little Black Classics Modest Proposal
• Publisher: Penguin Classic
• Publication Date: 2035
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0141398183
• ISBN 13: 9780141398181
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1748182591.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: 15934714
• Signed: 5/25/2025 2:16:31 PM
• Seller catalogs:
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  • 2
  • 9780141398181

About this title

Synopsis

'... a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food...'

Swift's devastating short satire on how to solve a famine

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.

About the Author

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.