Résumé
Résumé de Les papiers de Sir Roger de Coverley
À qui s’adresse-t-il ?
For readers who love gentle humour, character studies and the daily life of eighteenth-century England. It also rewards anyone curious about the roots of the English essay and the novel.
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What if a daily paper could make a whole nation kinder? The Sir Roger de Coverley Papers try exactly that. They are essays from The Spectator, which Joseph Addison and Richard Steele publish in London from March 1711 to December 1712. Steele invents a club of men who talk over the news and manners of the town. Addison shapes most of the pieces, and Eustace Budgell adds a few. The best loved figure is Sir Roger, an old baronet from Worcestershire. Read together, the essays form a gentle story told with humour and warmth.
Dans ce résumé
- 1A silent observer introduces a clubFree
- 2Life at the country house
- 3The knight among his neighbours
- 4The old knight visits London
- 5What the papers are really about
- 6How the essays are put together
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A silent observer introduces a club
The series opens with Mr. Spectator, the imagined author of the whole paper. He has seen much of the world and says little in it. He sits in coffee houses, listens, and writes down what he notices. His silence lets everyone else speak.
He then introduces his club. Its fellows stand for different parts of English society, so between them they can talk about nearly anything. There is a country landowner, a lawyer, a soldier, a merchant and a clergyman. There is also a fashionable man about town. Each has his own habits, and none of them is a villain.
The first named is Sir Roger de Coverley, a baronet of Worcestershire. He is a man of ancient family, good sense and odd ways. He is unmarried, crossed in love long ago by a cruel and beautiful widow. Around him gather the Templar, a law student who prefers the theatre, Sir Andrew Freeport, a rich merchant who believes in trade and thrift, Captain Sentry, a modest soldier, and Will Honeycomb, a gallant who knows all the gossip. Together they give the writers a small stage on which the whole age can be seen.
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Questions about Les papiers de Sir Roger de Coverley
What is The Sir Roger de Coverley Papers about?
It is a set of essays from The Spectator about a fictional club of Londoners, especially Sir Roger, a kind and odd country baronet. The essays show his life at home and in London, with gentle humour.
Who is Sir Roger de Coverley?
He is an old, unmarried baronet of Worcestershire in the Spectator Club. He is generous and loved by his servants and neighbours, though he has odd habits and an old sorrow.
Who wrote the Sir Roger de Coverley papers?
Richard Steele created the club and Sir Roger in 1711, and Joseph Addison wrote most of the essays that follow. Eustace Budgell contributed a few.
Is Sir Roger de Coverley a real person?
No. He is an invented character, though he is drawn from the types of country gentlemen the writers knew. The essays were published in the daily paper The Spectator in 1711 and 1712.
Is it hard to read The Sir Roger de Coverley Papers?
It is not hard. The essays are short and the prose is clear and easy, and each essay stands alone, so you can read one over breakfast.