A_Modest_Proposal

作者：Jonathan Swift

播音：John Gonzales

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JonathanSwiftalmostdefinessatireinthisbitingandbrutalpamphletinwhichhesuggeststhatpoor(Catholic)Irishfamiliesshouldfattenuptheirchildrenandsellthemtotherich(Protestant)landowners,thussolvingthetwinproblemsofstarvingchildrenandpovertyinoneblow.Whenthe“Proposal”waspublishedin1729,Swiftwasquicklyattacked,andevenaccusedofbarbarity–theexactstatethe“Proposal”waswrittentoexpose.