The Life and Letters of William Cobbett in England & America
Author : Lewis Saul Benjamin
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Page : 396 pages
File Size : 27,20 MB
Release : 1913
Category : Great Britain
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Author : Lewis Saul Benjamin
Publisher :
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 27,20 MB
Release : 1913
Category : Great Britain
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Author : Lewis Saul Benjamin
Publisher : London ; New York : J. Lane
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 26,2 MB
Release : 1913
Category : Great Britain
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Author : Lewis Saul Benjamin
Publisher :
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 13,95 MB
Release : 1913
Category : Great Britain
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Author : Lewis Saul Benjamin
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Page : 388 pages
File Size : 50,79 MB
Release : 1913
Category : Great Britain
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Author : Dr James Grande
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 12,91 MB
Release : 2014-01-28
Category : History
ISBN : 1409464342
Politician, journalist, reformer, convict, social commentator and all-round thorn in the side of the establishment, William Cobbett cut a swathe through late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth century British society with his copious and acerbic writings on any and every issue that caught his attention. Both a radical and a conservative, and with strong opinions on any given subject, Cobbett had a talent for controversial and pugnacious writing that echoes down the centuries and still rings fresh today. Commemorating the 250th anniversary of Cobbett’s birth in 1763, this book provides a selection of his writings - both published and unpublished - that highlight his talents, obsessions, and concerns. From corruption and Parliamentary reform, poverty and commerce, to patriotism and religion, the selections display Cobbett at his best - sometimes outraged and excoriating, sometimes sympathetic and reasoned - but always honest and witty. Divided into 14 chapters each dealing with a particular theme, the selections are contextualised so as to provide the necessary historical background for any readers who may be unfamiliar with the period. In so doing, the book not only brings to life the dynamic and rumbustious world of Georgian England within which Cobbett moved, but also reveals many uncanny parallels with modern concerns. Whether espousing political reform, promoting rural affairs or decrying a spiralling national debt, many of Cobbett’s opinions seem as relevant today as when they were first written. Certainly modern readers will find much here to educate, amuse and admire.
Author : Richard Ingrams
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Page : 378 pages
File Size : 13,71 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Biography & Autobiography
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A remarkably perceptive and vivid life of William Cobbett, one of England's greatest radicals. The early years of the nineteenth century were ones of misery and oppression. The common people were thrown into conditions of extreme poverty by enclosures and the Agricultural Revolution, and the long Tory administration of Lord Liverpool saw its task as keeping law and order at all costs. The cause of reform was a dangerous one, as William Cobbett was to find. Cobbett is best known for his Rural Rides, that classic account of early-nineteenth century Britain which has never been out of print. But he was a much greater figure than that implies, being the foremost satirist and proponent of reform of the time. He had an invincible stomach for provoking the deceit and vanity of the supposedly good and great, and had an abiding hatred of the establishment, or 'The Thing', as he christened it.
Author : William Cobbett
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Page : 766 pages
File Size : 42,92 MB
Release : 1830
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Author : William Cobbett
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 16,57 MB
Release : 1923
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Author : George Douglas Howard Cole
Publisher :
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 21,67 MB
Release : 1927
Category : Journalists
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Author : William Cobbett
Publisher : IndyPublish.com
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 44,29 MB
Release : 1887
Category : Fiction
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