Author: William CobbettPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 32
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The life of William Cobbett. Written by himself. [32p.].
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Author: William CobbettThe Life of William Cobbett
Author: George Douglas Howard ColePublisher:
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Category : Journalists
Languages : en
Pages : 476
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The Life and Adventures of William Cobbett
Author: Richard IngramsPublisher:
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 378
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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.
The Opinions of William Cobbett
Author: Dr James GrandePublisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN: 1409464342
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
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the 250th anniversary of Cobbett’s birth in 1763, this book provides a selection of his writings - both published and unpublished - that highlight his talents, obsessions, and concerns.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.
The Life of William Cobbett
Author: Edward SmithPublisher: DigiCat
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
This edition shows us the incredible life and work of William Cobbett (1763-1835), an English author, independent journalist and Member of Parliament. As an intrinsically conservative journalist, he was frustrated by the shady British political establishment of the times and gave strong support to agrarians. He, with a popular agrarian faction, argued that reforming Parliament, including abolishing "rotten boroughs", unnecessary foreign activity and suppression of wages would promote internal peace and ease the poverty of farm labourers and smallholders. He relentlessly sought an end to borough-mongers, sinecurists and "tax-eaters" (overpaid and sometimes corrupt bureaucrats, public servants and stockbrokers), also dismissing British Jews in a typecast by the same token. Early in life he was a soldier and loyal devotee of King and country, but he later pushed for Radicalism, which helped bring about the Reform Act 1832 and his election that year as one of two MPs for the newly enfranchised borough of Oldham. His much-interwoven polemics cover subjects from political reform to religion. He argued that economic improvement could support growth in global population, as an anti-Malthusian. His writing coined the metaphor "a red herring".
The Life of William Cobbett
Author: William CobbettPublisher:
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Category : Authors, English
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
The Life of William Cobbett, Esq., Late M. P. for Oldham
Author: The Life of William Cobbett, Esq. Late M.P. for Oldham. Including All the Memorable Events of His Extraordinary Life ... with an Impartial Critique on His Public Character ... Embellished with Portraits
Author: William CobbettRural rides
Author: William CobbettAdvice to Young Men
Author: William CobbettPublisher: IndyPublish.com
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 296
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