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Famous Affinities of History, Vol 4

Famous Affinities of History, Vol 4

Orr, Lyndon
1st World Library
1stworld Library

Hardcover

Fiction AnthologiesGeneral World History

ISBN10: 1421800764
ISBN13: 9781421800769
Publisher: 1St World Lib Inc
Published: Feb 8 2006
Pages: 132
Weight: 0.67
Height: 0.44 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
The story of Jonathan Swift and of the two women who gave their lives for love of him is familiar to every student of English literature. Swift himself, both in letters and in politics, stands out a conspicuous figure in the reigns of King William III and Queen Anne. By writing Gulliver's Travels he made himself immortal. The external facts of his singular relations with two charming women are sufficiently well known; but a definite explanation of these facts has never yet been given. Swift held his tongue with a repellent taciturnity. No one ever dared to question him. Whether the true solution belongs to the sphere of psychology or of physiology is a question that remains unanswered. But, as the case is one of the most puzzling in the annals of love, it may be well to set forth the circum-stances very briefly, to weigh the theories that have already been advanced, and to suggest another. Jonathan Swift was of Yorkshire stock, though he happened to be born in Dublin, and thus is often spoken of as the great Irish satirist, or the Irish dean. It was, in truth, his fate to spend much of his life in Ireland, and to die there, near the cathedral where his remains now rest; but in truth he hated Ireland and everything connected with it, just as he hated Scotland and everything that was Scottish. He was an Englishman to the core.

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