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Royall Tyler


Born
in Boston, Massachusetts, The United States
June 18, 1757

Died
August 26, 1826

Genre
Literature & Fiction, Plays


Royall Tyler (1757-1826) was an American jurist and playwright who wrote The Contrast in 1787 and published The Algerine Captive in 1797. He also wrote several legal tracts, six plays, a musical drama, two long poems, a semifictional travel narrative, The Yankey in London (1809), and essays. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, he attended the Boston Latin School and then Harvard, where he earned a reputation as a quick-witted joker. After graduation, he joined the Continental Army. In late 1778, he returned to Harvard to study law, and was admitted to the Massachusetts bar in 1780. He opened a practice in Braintree, Massachusetts. In 1801, he was appointed to the Supreme Court of Vermont as an assistant judge, and was later elected chief ...more

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The Contrast
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The Algerine Captive, or Th...
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Japanese Tales[JAPANESE TAL...
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El emperador Carlos V
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The prose of Royall Tyler
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The Island of Barrataria; T...
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The Yankey in London: Being...
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May Day in Town: New York i...
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“Life is indeed short, as they say, but one day can seem very long.”
― Royall Tyler, The Tale of the Heike (Penguin Classics)
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