A Modest Proposal & Other Stories (Konemann Classics)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Konemann
Published: January 1998
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9783895086885
Subjects: 16th to 18th century fiction; Other prose: 16th to 18th centuries; Short stories; Classics; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Literary Criticism
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