The Comic History of Rome by Gilbert Abbott À Beckett
"The Comic History of Rome" by Gilbert Abbott À Beckett is a humorous work published in 1851. This satirical take on ancient Roman history spans from Rome's foundation to Julius Caesar's assassination, featuring illustrations by John Leech. Through deliberately anachronistic imagery—senators in top hats, Victorian-styled patricians—the work lampoons both ancient Rome and contemporary Victorian society. The collaboration between À Beckett's text and Leech's witty illustrations creates a comic mirror reflecting the social
and political tensions of 1850s England through the lens of Roman history. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | À Beckett, Gilbert Abbott, 1811-1856 |
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| Illustrator | Leech, John, 1817-1864 |
| Title | The Comic History of Rome |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Comic_History_of_Rome |
| Credits |
Produced by Margo Romberg, crana and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 55.3 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | DG: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Italy, Vatican City, Malta |
| Subject | Wit and humor, Pictorial |
| Subject | Rome -- History -- Humor |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 37657 |
| Release Date | Oct 7, 2011 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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