A Modest Proposal and Other Essays Audiobook (Unabridged)

" This was definitely weird. If you hadn't known what it was about it would be have been REALLY weird! Jonathan Swift writes as a persona. "

" Particularly interesting to read in today's political and economical climate. :) "

" I only read it because of Boxall's list of the 1001 books you must read before you die. A wonderful discovery though. "

" I've got to say, it came as a great relief to me when I realized Swift was just kidding... "

" A "delicious" read. If Juvenal is Jonathan Swift's great-grandfather, then Stephen Colbert is Swift's great-grandson. "

" Reason, horror, reason, horror. Like Dickens with the volume turned up. The next time I am asked which historical personage I would like to meet...I will name Swift. "

" One of the more brilliant pieces of political satire/political commentary ever written. For all of you who don't know and decide to rate it low please understand that it was never intended to be taken a face value. "

" Very entertaining. It just makes you wonder what on earth was going on in his head when he wrote this. Very taboo for his time. "

" Brilliant, and by that I mean Hilarious, and Twisted! "

" Classic satire. Intelligent humour at its finest! "

" "I have no children by which I can propose to get a single penny; the youngest being nine years old, and my wife past childbearing." "

" A great satirical essay that manages to draw the reader in before realizing the absurdity.. one of the best of the genre - that I've read, anyway. "

" This is my third reading, and not the last. "

" Gotta love the snark of an Irishman. "

" odd, disturbing, and fantastic!!!! "

" Eating babies? Seriously? As frightening as it may sound, this was definitely hilarious! "

" Iconic. The best use of Swift is to read it to people who don't understand that it's meant in satire. "

" I get it. Mr. Swift is pissed off at the British on how they're not DOING anything to help the starving Irishmen...great work, yey...his sense of humor still sucks. "

" I love this piece. Any one writing satire should read this before the write out the first word. Not only is this unbelievably over the top, but it also manages to make a very clear social commentary. A must read. No excuses. It's short and amazing. "

" Swift's sense of humor? Or all of the British's sense of humor? "

" Never fails to jab students "

" Reread this and was instantly transported back to high school English. Still delivers that icky feeling I remember, probably the same one Swift was going for almost 300 years ago. "

" In spite of its antiquated writing style, it was quite successfully funny. "

" I do not understand by 18th century writers have to be so unbearably wordy. Jonathan Swift, though sometimes you are kind of funny, you always manage to kill the joke. "

" When I taught this piece, I had my students come up with different dishes that babies could be made into--it was absolutely hysterical. "

" how he can be so cynical, so deep, so playful, and so meaningful at the same time makes me admire him so much. And a Modest Proposal is him and his all cynical minds. Loved it. Completely. "

" A Modest Proposal was great. So were the rules for servants. Jonathan Swift is a master satirist. But a lot of the accompanying papers were snores--inside jokes, and even languages, with friends. So, 4 stars to the funny papers, and 2 stars to the boring letters, with an average of 3 stars. "

" Swift is a master at satire and A Modest Proposal is a brilliantly cutting commentary on the social welfare state and the aristocracy. "

" The best part: When people do not realize he Jonathan Swift is being satire. It is my goal to write with as perfect satire as Jonathan Swift. "

" Jonathan swift talks about a a politician who ruled in Ireland he is in love with a girl and he wrote her a proposal but she refused the part that I enjoyed is that when she refused he continued focusing on his work and accepted the fact that she doesn’t like him. "

" Oh I love a good satire. I remember reading this in high school and having my mind blown open to a brand new genre I'd never read before. Lovely when that happens isn't it? I laughed so hard. "

" the stuff you didn't read in high school is also very good. "

" swift was never fair in his satire and this what i love about him.wicked,funny,mean and honest.a master at using his targets' arguments against them. "

" Very interesting, if macabre, idea presented in a very plausible way. "

" He makes a very convincing argument. I have always wanted to wear babyskin shoes. "