Sir Roger de Coverly is a Tory of the old, old school. A country gentleman, seeming wise and seeming fool, he steps out of the text of The Spectator as one of Addison and Steele’s most memorable recurring characters. The early 18th-century prose here is wonderful, of course. The tale of Sir Roger’s

I highly recommend this work as it is not only highly entertaining but the style in which it is written is very fine. It is a pleasure to read and I could suggest no finer example of English for the writer and speaker to emulate.

This diary is so quaint! The diarist paints a sweet picture of his character and that of his friend and he understates everything in the English fashion of the time. He likes living the simple life of a country gentleman and he shares this throughout. I felt myself transported to another age when it

I gave it four stars because the style was hard for me and I need to grow as a reader before I can really appreciate it. That isn’t it’s fault though.
It is a charming, funny book. I pre read it for Ambleside Online Year 9.

This book contains selections from the early 18th century paper the Spectator pertaining to the life and views of the fictitious character Sir Roger de Coverley. The authors sought to entertain and to reform society not by lecture or sermonizing, but by lighthearted mockery of what is foolish. Most

I've wanted to read the Roger de Coverley papers since I was in high school and finally did. I have my grandmother's copy printed in 1904 and edited by Mary E. Litchfield. I have been unable to discover who Litchfield was, but her intro and notes are superb, covering history literature, theatre, rel

It's really a good witty work of the author . He explores , flowered an flourished of his time through the character Sir Roger... it's really an enjoyably book to know that time's political and social situation....more

It's a joy to finally read something well written for a change.