A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift 1729

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A Reading of Dr. Jonathan Swift's 1729 "A Modest Proposal For preventing the children of poor people in Ireland from being a burden on their parents or country and for making them beneficial to the publick." Read by Matthew Swab.
A modest proposal is one of the most famous satires in the English Language and the Public Domain.
You can find the full text on project guttenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1080/1080-h/1080-h.htm

I read this because it amused me and because it makes a good sample of voice work. Not to mention fun. Delicious baby eating fun.

#funny #blackcomedy #satire



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