They would later be published as The Journal to Stella. During the Tory’s downfall swift had moved back to Dublin. While he was moving back he acquired a very peculiar habit. Swift had become a coincidental womanizer, considering he was a priest. He continued communications with Esther Johnson. It was documented that he was also romantically involved with Esther Vanhomrigh, whom he nicknamed Vanessa. His involvement with her inspired his extensive poem, Cadenus and Vanessa. He was also believed to have relations with the renowned beauty Anne Long. In 1726, he finally finished the manuscript. Swift traveled to London and profited from the help of numerous friends, who anonymously published. It was first rendered as a travel memoir around the world. It was later picked up by Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, then a Captain of Several Ships, also known, modernly, as Gulliver 's Travels. The book was an immediate success, and he celebrated understandably. The celebration would soon be interrupted. It was halted by Swift 's longtime love, Esther Johnson, who became sick. She died in January 1728. This drove him to publish, The Death of Mrs. Johnson. Immediately after her death, a stream of Swift 's friends began dying, including John Gay and John Arbuthnot. Swift, was constantly supported by the people around him which troubled him …show more content…
His Meniere 's disease had become more tenacious. This resulted in episodes of dizziness and nausea. Concurrently, his memory was beginning to deteriorate. During 1738, he became progressively senile. In 1742 custodians were appointed to maintain his affairs. On October 19, 1745, at the age of 79, Jonathan Swift died. He was placed next to Esther Johnson inside Dublin, Ireland’s St. Patrick 's Cathedral. Through the years his works have become timeless. Gulliver’s Travels has become a treasure. Current media has produced a rendition, which has a different twist on the actual events that occurred. Swift 's first main prose work, A Tale of a Tub, reveals countless themes and techniques he would incorporate in his later works. It was at once funny, while being critical towards its targets. In this strand, the Tale narrates the adventures of three sons, demonstrating the main pieces of Christianity, who obtain a gift from their father. With the additional directions to make no adjustments. Nonetheless, the sons quickly discover their coats have become unpopular. They begin to look for gaps in their father 's will that will allow them to make necessary alterations. Soon each son searches for his own ways of triumphing over their father 's instruction, they struggle with each other for control in a family