Stella and Vanessa: A Romance of the Days of Swift is a novel written by Lady Duff Gordon and published in 1853. The book is set in the early 18th century and follows the love story of two women, Stella and Vanessa, who are both in love with the famous Irish writer and satirist, Jonathan Swift. The novel is a fictionalized account of the real-life relationship between Swift and two women, Esther Vanhomrigh (who went by the nickname Vanessa) and Hester...