{"product_id":"a-modest-proposal-9781912475803","title":"A Modest Proposal","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"A young healthy child well nursed, is, at a year old, a most delicious nourishing and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled; and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricasee, or a ragoust.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJonathan Swift's 1729 pamphlet is at once a denunciation of the mistreatment of Ireland's poor and a daringly inventive comic rhapsody. Still shocking in its defiance of good taste and unrivalled in its evisceration of political hypocrisy, this is one of the greatest satires ever written. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEris Gems make available in the form of beautifully produced saddle-stitched booklets a series of outstanding short works of fiction and non-fiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJonathan Swift (1667-1745) was a prominent Anglican clergyman and an outspoken commentator on Irish affairs. He is now best known for his satires \u003ci\u003eA Tale of a Tub\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGulliver's Travels\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eA Modest Proposal\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Eris","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50521722978578,"sku":"9781912475803","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4bf9efe3-a39f-4cea-849c-ba960b619657.jpg?v=1754896841","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-modest-proposal-9781912475803","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}