Richard Steele (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

by Austin Dobson

Overview

Sir Richard Steele (1672–1729) was an Irish writer and politician who is best remembered as co-founder, with his friend Joseph Addison, of the magazine The Spectator. This engaging biography of Steele, part of the authoritative English Men of Letters series, is an invaluable resource for students of history and literature.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781411447196
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble
Publication date:	03/22/2011
Series:	Barnes & Noble Digital Library
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	268
File size:	261 KB
Age Range:	3 Months to 18 Years

About the Author

Henry Austin Dobson (1840–1921), known as Austin Dobson, was a distinguished English poet and essayist.  He published his first collection of poems, Vignettes in Rhyme, in 1873. In addition to poetry, he also wrote a number of biographies, including studies of Henry Fielding, Richard Steele, Fanny Burney, Oliver Goldsmith, and Horace Walpole.