{"date":"October 22","id":"10-22","intro":["Swift was embarrassed by two women; Stella, whom he really loved, and Vanessa, with whom he had flirted and who had taken him seriously. Marriage to either one would break the heart of the other."],"minutes":12,"readings":[{"author":"William Makepeace Thackeray","end":28,"start":23,"volume":28,"work":"Jonathan Swift"}],"slug":"october-22","status":"proofread","title":"Swift’s Love Problems","url":"/harvard-classics/october-22/","words":2349}