The Tatler, Volume 2 by Sir Richard Steele and Joseph Addison

"The Tatler, Volume 2" by Sir Richard Steele and Joseph Addison is a periodical published between 1709-1711. This groundbreaking journal revolutionized British journalism by offering cultivated essays on contemporary manners and social behavior through the persona of Isaac Bickerstaff. Drawing gossip and stories from London's most fashionable coffeehouses, Steele and Addison created a witty guide to middle-class propriety and Whiggish thought. Their innovative approach established a pattern that would influence generations of essayists and shape the future of British periodical literature. (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 2
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tatler_(1709_journal)
Credits Produced by Richard Tonsing, Jonathan Ingram, and the
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Reading Level Reading ease score: 60.0 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat 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. 45769
Release Date
Last Update Oct 24, 2024
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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