Project Gutenberg 2014-05-26 Public domain in the USA. 108 Steele, Richard, Sir 1672 1729 Edgar, John, Sir Steele, R. (Richard), Sir Bickerstaff, Isaac Steele, Sir Richard Addison, Joseph 1672 1719 Bickerstaff, Isaac Aitken, George Atherton 1860 1917 Aitken, George A. Aitken, G. A. The Tatler, Volume 2 Produced by Richard Tonsing, Jonathan Ingram, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Tatler, Volume 2" by Sir Richard Steele and Joseph Addison is a collection of periodical essays written in the early 18th century. This work reflects upon social issues, manners, and personal anecdotes, featuring multiple characters who navigate the complexities of London society, with a focus on both humorous and serious themes. Through the voice of the fictional editor Isaac Bickerstaff, the publication aims to critique societal norms and promote virtue through wit and satire. The opening of the volume features a letter addressed to Edward Wortley Montagu, expressing admiration and humility regarding the literary contributions of great authors. Following this correspondence, Steele introduces "The History of Orlando the Fair," a tale about a handsome and charming hero who becomes enamored with various women, including the bewitching Villaria. Orlando's adventures highlight themes of beauty, desire, and the consequences of vanity and inconstancy in love. Additionally, the narrative contains witty commentary on societal standards and expectations, setting a tone of light-hearted social critique that threads throughout the essays that follow. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/45769/45769-h/images/cover.jpg en English wit and humor -- Periodicals English essays -- 18th century -- Periodicals Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1702-1714 -- Periodicals PR Text Browsing: History - British Browsing: Humour Browsing: Journalism/Media/Writing Browsing: Literature 946452 946461 2024-09-19T07:55:27.212332 2023-09-20T04:23:04.787146 text/html text/html 958613 2014-05-26T16:02:42 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 898627 2014-05-26T16:02:44 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 956291 2024-09-19T07:55:43.146441 application/epub+zip 972071 2024-09-19T07:55:29.988311 application/epub+zip 444877 2024-09-19T07:55:28.466338 application/epub+zip 1184293 2024-09-19T07:55:52.357195 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1101381 2024-09-19T07:55:41.276257 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 674345 2022-09-20T20:10:00.069218 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 787579 787474 2024-09-19T07:55:25.274344 2023-09-20T04:23:02.823133 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 787329 2014-05-26T16:02:42 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 308254 2014-05-26T16:02:44 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 787417 2014-05-26T16:02:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 308126 2014-05-26T16:02:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22844 2024-09-19T07:55:52.527208 application/rdf+xml 11861 2024-09-19T07:55:28.619333 image/jpeg 2538 2024-09-19T07:55:28.543325 image/jpeg 900098 2024-09-19T07:55:27.296334 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia en.wikipedia