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Jonathan Swift's Last Joke
(newyorker.com)
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samizdis
2 days ago
2 comments
nealabq
47 minutes ago
I find myself wondering if this essay is meant as a gentle satire. Bemused not savage, not Swiftian.<p>I am reminded of Lord Peter Wimsey.
thisisauserid
1 hour ago
Swift wrote his famous epitaph to eternally mock his bitter rival.<p>Thanks, Gemini.