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In Ireland Swift kept an eye on the political events of London. 
He wrote political pamphlets in defense o f th e Whigs. His 
contributions to “The Tattler”, “The Spectator” and other 
magazines show how well he understood the spirit o f the time. 
Swift’s conversations with the leaders of the English political parties 
are described in his letters to Stella (Esther). These letters became 
his famous work “Journal lo Stella”.
In 1713 Swift was made Dean o f St. Patrick’s Cathedral in 
Dublin. In Ireland Swift came into contact with common people 
and saw miserable conditions under which the population lived. 
Swift wrote pamphlets criticizing the colonial policy of England. 
In 1726 Swift’s masterpiece “Gulliver’s Travels” appeared and it 
made a great sensation.
In 1728 Stella died after a long illness. This loss affected Swift 
deeply.
Conditions in Ireland between 1700 and 1750 were disastrous. 
Famine depopulated whole regions. Some areas were covered 
with unburied corpses. Swift wrote the pamphlets: “The Present 
Miserable State of Ireland ’, “A Modest Proposal for Preventing 
the Children of Poor People from Being a Burden to Their Parents 
or the Country” and others.
Hard work and continuous disappointments in life undermined 
Swift’s health. By the end o f 1731 his mind was failing rapidly. In 
1740 his memory' and reason were gone and he became completely 
deaf. He died on the 19h o f October 1745, in Dublin.
During all his hard later years o f a mental decline his friends 
stayed loyal to him. The Irish people continue to this day to 
celebrate him as a hero. The generosity o f spirit, deep learning, 
genuine humor were characteristic features o f his writing, and 
they were a great gift to the literary tradition.
“Gulliver’s Trave:.s”
In “Gulliver’s Travel,»” (originally the novel was called “Travels 
into Several Remote Nations of the World by Lemuel Gulliver, 
First a Surgeon and then a Captain o f Several Ships”) Swift 
criticized and satirized the evils of the existing society in the form

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travels. Apart from being a good story, it is the indictment 
o f the human race for refusing reason and benevolence as the 
ways o f life. The scenes and nations described in the book are so 
extraordinary and amusing, that the novel still arouses interest 
with both children and adults. It covers the adventures of a ship 
surgeon who is washed up on a number o f imaginary shores. The 
novel is divided into four parts that are actually four voyages: