Isaac Bickerstaff, Physician and Astrologer
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Isaac Bickerstaff" is a satirical work written via Richard Steele, an Irish author and co-founding father of the famed 18th-century periodical, "The Spectator." The work is a fictional character, a persona Steele adopted to satirize and comment on contemporary social and political problems. In "Isaac Bickerstaff," Steele uses wit and humor to lampoon numerous elements of London society, together with its manners, literature, and politics. The character of Bickerstaff serves as a satirical vehicle thru which Steele supplies astute observations and critiques, regularly taking over the persona of...
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- ISAAC BICKERSTAFF
- PHYSICIAN AND ASTROLOGER
- Papers from Steele's "Tatler."
- INTRODUCTION
- ISAAC BICKERSTAFF, PHYSICIAN AND ASTROLOGER.
- I.—THE STAFFIAN RACE.
- II.—PACOLET.
- III.—PACOLET'S STORY.
- IV.—RECOLLECTIONS.
- V.—MARRIAGE OF SISTER JENNY.
- VI.—PROFESSIONAL: A CASE OF SPLEEN.
- VII.—THE DREAM OF FAME.
- VIII.—LOVE AND SORROW.
- IX.—LOVE AND REASON.
- X.—A BUSINESS MEETING.
- XI.—DUELLO.
- XII.—HAPPY MARRIAGE.
- XIII.—DEAD FOLK.
- XIV.—THE WIFE DEAD.
- XV.—THE CLUB AT "THE TRUMPET."
- XVI.—A VERY PRETTY POET.
- XVII.—FATHERLY CARE.
- XVIII.—BICKERSTAFF CENSOR:—CASES IN COURT.
- XIX.—OF MEN WHO ARE NOT THEIR OWN MASTERS.
- XX.—FALSE DOCTORING.
- XXI.—DRINKING.
- XXII.—NIGHT AND DAY.
- XXIII.—TWO OLD LADIES.
- XXIV.—MARIA CALLS IN SHIRE LANE.
- XXV.—SISTER JENNY AND HER HUSBAND.
- XVII.—LOVE THAT WILL LIVE.
- XXVI.—MR. BICKERSTAFF'S NEPHEWS.
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