Rural Rides: xxxiv (Penguin classics) - Softcover

William Cobbett

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140435794 ISBN 13: 9780140435795

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 2001

Synopsis

Rural Rides

About this title

Synopsis:

Travelling on horseback through southern England in the early 19th century, William Cobbett provides evocative and accurate descriptions of the countryside, colourful accounts of his encounters with labourers, and indignant outbursts at the encroaching cities and the sufferings of the exploited poor. Ian Dyck's new edition places these lively accounts of rural life in the context of Cobbett's political and social beliefs and reveals the volume as his platform for rural radical reform.

About the Author:

William Cobbett (1763-1835) spent his youth as a farm worker and gardener. He lived in revolutionary France and Philadelphia where, as 'Peter Porcupine', he rose to fame as a pro-British and anti-Jacobin journalist. Later, back in England, he became a Radical and promoted the cause of reform in politics and agriculture. Ian Dyck is Associate Professor of History at Simon Fraser University, British Columbia. He is the author of 'William Cobbett and Rural Popular Culture' (CUP, 1992).

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0140435794
• ISBN 13: 9780140435795
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 576
• Editor: Ian Dyck