Jonathan Swift Wrote His Own Epitaph. Was It a Joke?

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www.newyorker.comby Ed CaesarMay 2, 2026Submitted May 4, 2026

The writer composed his own epitaph. Did it have a secret satirical intent?May 2, 2026Illustration by Jan Robert DünnwellerIn the dying light of a December afternoon in 2018, within the vaulted Gothic...

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