Download or read book The Life and Adventures of William Cobbett written by Richard Ingrams and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book The Opinions of William Cobbett written by Dr James Grande and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2014-01-28 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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the 250th anniversary of Cobbett’s birth in 1763, this book provides a selection of his writings - both published and unpublished - that highlight his talents, obsessions, and concerns.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.
Download or read book Rural Rides written by William Cobbett and published by Cosimo, Inc.. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Upon beholding the masses of buildings, at Oxford, devoted to what they call "learning," I could not help reflecting on the drones that they contain and the wasps they send forth! -from "Burghclere (Hants), Sunday, 18 Nov." Son of an innkeeper, former soldier, champion of the working class, early anticorporate activist, and future Member of Parliament-Will Cobbett's unique eye offers us a perspective on 19th-century England we won't find anywhere else. Cobbett roamed Southern England on horseback in the years between 1821 and 1832, gathering his "economical and political observations relative to matters applicable to, and illustrated by, the state of" that charming part of the world, one in the throes of massive change in the wake of the Industrial Revolution. Volume 1 covers the years 1821 to 1825 and features cutting observations on the smokelike fogs of London, the price of lodgings in Oxford, the meanness of landlords, and the pleasures of watching "very pretty girls" in their Sunday best going to church. This is an extraordinary record of a world long gone, one very little documented when it existed, by a voice who was far ahead of his time. British journalist and radical WILLIAM COBBETT (1762-1835) is also the author of The Progress of a Ploughboy to a Seat in Parliament (1830).
Download or read book Cottage Economy written by William Cobbett and published by Cosimo, Inc.. This book was released on 2007-10-01 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A son of humble circumstance (his father was an innkeeper), a champion of the working class, and an early anti-corporate activist, William Cobbett was most vociferous in his ideas about what makes for a happy and productive peasant. In this 1821 classic of self-reliance and the efficient usage and management of the small farm, Corbett shares his instructions and philosophies regarding. the brewing of beer (and why the notorious "tea" is not an acceptable substitute). the making of bread (and why the "modern custom of using potatoes" to serve the same dietary purpose is deplorable). the keeping of cows, pigs, bees, geese, and other useful creatures. the growing of straw for making hats and bonnets. the building of an ice house. and much more.British journalist and radical WILLIAM COBBETT (1762-1835) published the weekly newsletter Political Register and is also the author of Advice to Young Men (1829), The Progress of a Ploughboy to a Seat in Parliament (1830), and Rural Rides (1830).
Download or read book The English Gardener written by William Cobbett and published by . This book was released on 1829 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A History of the Protestant Reformation in England Ireland written by William Cobbett and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Advice to Young Men written by William Cobbett and published by IndyPublish.com. This book was released on 1887 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book William Cobbett written by Edward Irving Carlyle and published by London : A. Constable. This book was released on 1904 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Life of William Cobbett written by William Cobbett and published by . This book was released on 1835 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book William Cobbett written by Smith Edward and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-08-14 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: William Cobbett by Smith Edward
Download or read book William Cobbett written by and published by . This book was released on 1804 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Life and Letters of William Cobbett in England America written by Lewis Saul Benjamin and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book William Cobbett a Biography written by Edward Smith and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book 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 written by William Cobbett and published by . This book was released on 1835 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The life of William Cobbett Written by himself written by William Cobbett and published by . This book was released on 1816 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Life and Letters of William Cobbett in England America Introductory ch I Early years 1763 1784 ch II In the army 1781 1792 ch III Marriage 1792 ch IV The United States 1792 1800 ch V Cobbett returns to England 1800 1801 ch VI Cobbett s political register 1802 ch VII Cobbett s correspondence 1803 ch VIII Cobbett s correspondence 1804 ch IX Botley ch X Cobbett s correspondence 1805 ch XI Cobbett s correspondence 1806 written by Lewis Saul Benjamin and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The English Grammar of William Cobbett written by William Cobbett and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
