Isaac Bickerstaff - Couverture souple

Steele, Richard

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1761832190 ISBN 13 : 9781761832192

Editeur : Living Book Press, 2026

Synopsis

From the bustling coffeehouses of eighteenth-century London to the quiet corners where character is tested and shaped, these classic essays invite readers into the world of Isaac Bickerstaff—Richard Steele’s wise, good-humoured observer of everyday life.

Told with warmth, wit, and moral clarity, the papers gathered here reveal Steele’s purpose in creating the Tatler: to offer wholesome pleasure while gently correcting the follies of his age. Alongside Addison, he portrays courtship, family life, vanity, honour, friendship, and grief with a tenderness that ennobles rather than mocks. Whether describing a happy marriage, exposing fashionable vices, or defending the dignity of home, Bickerstaff speaks with a voice at once playful and profoundly humane.

Readers will find here not only glimpses of a bygone London, but reflections that illuminate enduring truths about virtue, conduct, and the shaping of character—making this volume as heartening today as when it first appeared.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Living Book Press
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1761832190
• ISBN 13: 9781761832192
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 144
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