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A Writer's Diary

On Polite Conversation

by Jonathan Swift

Jul 20, 2024
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To continue this weekend series, for paid subscribers only, of introductions —

one of the most fun to write, about one of the most delightful books. Originally published in 1738, a fact I failed to mention, Swift’s A Complete Collection of Genteel and Ingenious Conversation is one of those perfect toilet books. You don’t really read it. You just leave it…

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