Letters

The Journal to Stella

by Jonathan Swift

From 1710 to 1713, while he was in London in the thick of politics, Swift wrote almost every night to Esther Johnson, his Stella, and her companion Rebecca Dingley in Dublin. The letters mix the gossip of ministers with what he ate for dinner, and break into a private baby language of his own. They were never meant to be read by anyone else.

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Reading time

About 15 hr 55 min

Where to find it

Brobdingnag

Edition

Project Gutenberg, eBook #4208. In the public domain in the United States.