The Tatler, Volume 1 by Sir Richard Steele and Joseph Addison
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"The Tatler, Volume 1" by Sir Richard Steele and Joseph Addison is a literary and society journal published between 1709 and 1711. Using the invented persona of Isaac Bickerstaff, Steele created a revolutionary approach to journalism by blending real gossip from London coffeehouses with fictional tales. The publication featured cultivated essays on contemporary manners and Whiggish views, pretending to station reporters at the city's most popular coffeehouses. This groundbreaking periodical established patterns
that would influence British essayists for generations to come. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Steele, Richard, Sir, 1672-1729 |
|---|---|
| Author | Addison, Joseph, 1672-1719 |
| Editor | Aitken, George Atherton, 1860-1917 |
| Title | The Tatler, Volume 1 |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tatler_(1709_journal) |
| Credits | Produced by Jon Ingram and PG Distributed Proofreaders |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 60.9 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | English wit and humor -- Periodicals |
| Subject | English essays -- 18th century -- Periodicals |
| Subject | Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1702-1714 -- Periodicals |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 13645 |
| Release Date | Oct 5, 2004 |
| Last Update | Oct 28, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 1497 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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