''A Journal to Stella'' is a work by
Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 – 19 October 1745) was an Anglo-Irish satirist, author, essayist, political pamphleteer (first for the Whigs, then for the Tories), poet, and Anglican cleric who became Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dubl ...
first partly published
posthumously
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in 1766.
It consists of 65 letters to his friend,
Esther Johnson
Esther Johnson (13 March 1681 – 28 January 1728) was the English friend of Jonathan Swift, known as "Stella". Whether or not she and Swift were secretly married, and if so why the marriage was never made public, is a subject of debate.
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, whom he called ''Stella'' and whom he may have secretly married. They were written between 1710 and 1713, from various locations in England, and though clearly intended for Stella's eyes were sometimes addressed to her companion Rebecca Dingley.
Amongst the references to contemporaries of Dean Swift, frequent mention is made of
Elizabeth Germain
Lady Elizabeth "Betty" Germain (1680 – December 1769) was a wealthy English aristocrat and courtier, a philanthropist and collector of antiquities, who corresponded with literary and political figures.
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Lady Elizabeth "Betty" Germain, ...
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There is also mention of
St. George Ashe,
Bishop of Clogher
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, an old friend who by some accounts secretly married Swift to Stella in 1716.
Notes
External links
''Journal to Stella'' – e-text at the
University of Adelaide
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Works by Jonathan Swift
British non-fiction books
1766 books
Books published posthumously