Henry

by Richard Cumberland

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338 pages, Hardcover

First published September 12, 2013

About the author

English dramatist whose plays were in tune with the sentimental spirit that became an important literary force during the latter half of the 18th century. He was a master of stagecraft, a good observer of men and manners.

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Reviews

[Nathan "N.R." Gaddis]

i-want-money and a real edition ; not these flimsy photo=copies amazon's selling. Let me know if you find something.

1795.

"I've never found the XVIII siecle scholar who's read Cumberland's Henry." --Guy Davenport in H-K Letters, 260.

Also, you won't find it in Moore's second volume. Rare nugget, that. [correction -- p896 wherein "...and especially a Fielding-wannabe named Richard Cumberland, author of a Tom Jones knockoff called Henry (1795)" ; ie, mentioned by not read.]