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A Modest Proposal

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Book Title: Modest Proposal

Number of Pages: 24 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: CreateSpace

Item Height: 0.1 in

Topic: Literary Criticism & Collections

Publication Year: 2018

Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction

Item Weight: 3 Oz

Author: Jonathan Swift

Item Length: 9 in

Item Width: 6 in

Format: Trade Paperback

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