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James Parkerson
An early-19th-century English poet from Norwich, he wrote verse shaped by everyday lives, moral choices, and public events. His surviving work ranges from cautionary poems and social commentary to memorial pieces and reflections on crime, hardship, and conduct.
6 Audiobooks
Sketches in Verse: respectfully addressed to the Norfolk Yeomenry
by James Parkerson
The Bankrupt; Or, Advice to the Insolvent. A Poem, addressed to a friend, with other pieces
by James Parkerson
An Address to a Wealthy Libertine or, the Melancholy Effects of Seduction; with a Letter from an Unfortunate Farmer's Daughter, to her Parents in Norfolk
by James Parkerson
Characters from Life; Or, Moral Hints. In Verse
by James Parkerson
About the author
Born in Norwich in 1767, James Parkerson was the son of a baker, miller, and maltster, and he was baptized at St. Martin-at-Palace on November 8 of that year. He is remembered as a provincial English poet whose writing appeared in pamphlets and collections during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
Parkerson’s books and poems suggest a writer deeply interested in ordinary people and the moral pressures of daily life. Titles such as An Address to a Wealthy Libertine, Characters from Life; or, Moral Hints. In Verse, and The Convict’s Farewell show his taste for verse that blended storytelling, warning, sympathy, and social observation.
He died in 1824. Although he is not widely known today, a substantial number of his works have been preserved in digital libraries, making him an intriguing voice from the literary culture of his time.