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Esther Johnson (13 March 1681 – 28 January 1728) was an Englishwoman known to have been a close 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.
Learn about Stella, the mysterious woman who inspired Swift's satire and humor. Read her witty one-liners collected by Swift and his ode to her.
Contents. Esther Johnson. British friend of Swift. Also known as: Stella. Learn about this topic in these articles: association with Swift. In Jonathan Swift: Years at Moor Park. Here, too, he met Esther Johnson (the future Stella), the daughter of Temple’s widowed housekeeper.
Esther Johnson was a servant and a student of Jonathan Swift, the satirist, who fell in love with her and called her Stella in his letters. She was his secret wife and his inspiration for many of his works.
A Journal to Stella is a work by Jonathan Swift first partly published posthumously in 1766. It is a collection of letters that Swift wrote for Esther Johnson, his close friend and secret wife. Composition and dating. It consists of 65 letters to his friend, Esther Johnson, whom he called Stella and whom he may have secretly married.
Journal to Stella, series of letters written (1710–13) from Jonathan Swift in London to Esther Johnson and her companion, Rebecca Dingley, in Ireland. Esther (Stella) was the daughter of the widowed companion of Sir William Temple’s sister. Swift, who was employed by Sir William, was Stella’s tutor.
Jul 10, 2024 · The Journal to Stella, Jonathan Swift's letters to Esther Johnson, or 'Stella', and Rebecca Dingley, written between September 1710 and June 1713, offers an extraordinary commentary on Swift's experiences in London during the most politically active and exciting years of his career and evidence of his evolving relationship with the two women.
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