Rural rides

Travel

COBBETT, WILLIAM

Europe

Constable

Travel memoirs of the British early-nineteenth-century reformer reveal his appreciation of rural England's splendors and outrage at the poverty and degradation in the cities

Rural Rides

Literature & Fiction

Literary

Penguin Classics

Travelling on horseback through southern England in the early 19th century, William Cobbett provides evocative and accurate descriptions of the countryside, colourful accounts of his encounters with labourers, and indignant outbursts at the encroaching cities and the sufferings of the exploited poor. Ian Dyck's new edition places these lively accounts of rural life in the context of Cobbett's political and social beliefs and reveals the volume as his platform for rural radical reform.

Penguin Classics Rural Rides

History

Penguin Classic

Advice to Young Men: And (Incidentally to Young Women in the Middle and Higher Ranks of Life, in a Series of Letters Addressed to a Youth, a Bachel)

Oxford Univ. Pr.

Cottage economy (Oxford paperbacks)

Oxford University Press

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Advice to young men: And (incidentally) to young women in the middle and higher ranks of life, in a series of letters addressed to a youth, a ... husband, a father, and a citizen or a subject

William Cobbett (1763-1835) was (in the words of G. K. Chesterton) 'the noblest English example of the noble calling of the agitator'. His radicalism brought him into conflict with the authorities on many occasions, but he reserved a special kind of venom for politicians like Lord Castlereagh and the Duke of Wellington, for men of letters like the lexicographer Dr. Johnson, and the Fellows of English Colleges, 'who live by the sweat of other people's brows'.

A Grammar of the English Language (Oxford Paperbacks)

Reference

Foreign Language Study & Reference

A Grammar of the English Language provides a fascinating snapshot of the language and grammar of the early nineteenth century. It was a controversial book, first published in 1818 in New York and in 1819 in London. The author, William Cobbett (1763-1835), was a champion of the poor who had taught himself to read and write. His radicalism brought him into conflict with the authorities on many occasions. He reserved a special kind of venom for politicians, men of letters like Dr. Johnson, the lexicographer, and for Fellows of English Colleges, "who live by the sweat of other people's brows." Here, he criticizes these men for their poor command of English, which was (he says) no better than that of chambermaids, hucksters, and plough-boys. Written in the form of letters and lessons to his fourteen-year-old son, the Grammar is the most colorful and entertaining treatment of the subject ever published. It gives advice on syntax and etymology, including "false grammar taken from Dr. Johnson's writing," "errors and nonsense in a king's speech," and "six lessons, intended to prevent Statesman from using false grammar." This edition includes a new introduction by Lord Hattersley, which gives the book a modern perspective.

A Grammar of the English Language (Oxford Language Classics Series)

Words, Language & Grammar

There is no better way of rediscovering a lost but still not forgotten England than to turn to the colourful pages of William Cobbett's Rural Rides. Already when Cobbett began to write the accounts of his journeys in 1829, the England which he had known as a boy was beginning to look and feel different. The landscape was changing as a result of the double impact of agricultural enclosure and the growth of towns: society too was changing as a result of the combined influences of industry, finance and war. To many of Cobbett's contemporaries the changes were good, visible signs of the "march to improvement" ; to Cobbett and his followers they were bad, but it still seemed that there was time enough to reverse them. "Events are working together," Cobbett wrote in 1825, "to make the country worth living in which, for the great body of the people, is at present hardly the case." It was for the sake of discovering the true state of affairs and appealing to others to help promote the proper remedies that Cobbett began to travel round England. The text follows the edition o 1853, with Note by James Paul Cobbett.

Rural Rides: Two Volumes in One

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

Dutton Adult

The Life Of Thomas Paine V2: With A History Of His Literary, Political And Religious Career In America, France And England

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Conway, Moncure D.

Leaders & Notable People

Kessinger Publishing

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