
Language
en
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Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Original publisher
United Kingdom: Punch, 1849.
Credits
Bob Taylor, Tim Lindell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Release date
2023-04-06
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1803–1857
Best remembered for his sharp wit and lively social satire, this 19th-century English writer moved from the sea to the stage and became a popular voice in Victorian journalism. His plays and essays mixed humor with real sympathy for ordinary people, which helped make him a favorite of readers in his own day.
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