Download or read book A Modest Proposal and Other Writings written by Jonathan Swift and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2009-09-24 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The political dilemma of Ireland; the state of faith in England; the charms of the Beggar's Opera; the importance of puns . . . This selection gathers together some of Swift's most brilliant prose, from high politics to social gossip, from savage tirades to lighthearted social satire. In addition to his classic essays, the collection includes several of Swift's letters to Alexander Pope and other great thinkers of the age.