Few writers could write wit and satire quite like Jonathan Swift. His humor has been appreciated and imitated for hundreds of years. So why aren't you laughing?

Almost 300 years ago, Jonathan Swift published what is considered one of the greatest satire's of all time. A few pages in, you might start asking the obvious:

In 1729, Jonathan Swift proposed the most satirical answer to poverty ever written: we sell poor children as food to rich people! The essay is as hilarious toda

"An Argument Against Abolishing Christianity" is considered one of the greatest political satires ever written. The essay is as hilarious today as it was hundre

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