English Humorists of the Eighteenth Century
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Excerpt from English Humorists of the Eighteenth Century: Sir Richard Steele, Joseph Addison, Laurence Sterne, Oliver Goldsmith In this, the initial volume of the second series of the English Comédie Humaine, the delightful sketches and essays of Eighteenth Century Life by the early English humorists and satirists, will be enjoyed as thoroughly by the modern reader as by the society whose shortcomings they aimed to correct; and a sort of visualizing emphasis is given to this unique collection of papers by the remarkable Hogarth drawings. The papers from The Tatler, and its successor, The Spectator, include some of the best work of both Addison and Steele. In touching on the various social follies of the day with his own exquisitely gentle ridicule, Addison is at his humorous best; while Steele is most felicitous perhaps when he aims at the fashionable absurdities of women which he docs in forceful yet sympathetic style. The Tatler was started in 1709 and in 1711 was merged into The Spectator which in turn survived but a year and a half - a brief life indeed in which to have attained undying fame. The chief work of Laurence Sterne, the celebrated English novelist and humorist, is "The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman," containing nine volumes, and written during the period, 1760 to 1767. In this present volume appear books VI and VII, the first containing the beautiful story of Le Fever, perhaps the most genuinely touching narrative ever penned by the sentimental Sterne; and the second containing the vivacious account of the author´s saunterings in France written in his most vivacious and fanciful strain. "The Citizen of the World; or Letters of a Chinese Philosopher" which rounds out this volume, is Oliver Goldsmith´s most brilliant contribution to humorous literature. This collection of letters first appeared in an English newspaper and was issued in book form in 1762. On the surface is gay and sparkling facetiousness, which does not blind one however to the shrewd observation and keen delineation of national character. Beau Tibbs, a prominent character in this work, "is the best comic sketch," says Hazlitt, "since the time of Addison; unrivalled in his fancy, his vanity and his poverty." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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