Isaac Bickerstaff, Physician and Astrologer
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- Introduction
- The Staffian Race
- Pacolet
- Pacolet's story
- Recollections
- Marriage of Sister Jenny
- Professional: A Case of Spleen
- The Dream of Fame
- Love and Sorrow
- Love and Reason
- A Business Meeting
- Duello
- Happy Marriage
- Dead Folk
- The Wife Dead
- The Club at ''The Trumpet''
- A Very Pretty Poet
- Fatherly Care
- Bickerstaff Censor: Cases In Court
- Of Men Who Are Not Their Own Masters
- False Doctoring
- Drinking
- Night and Day
- Two Old Ladies
- Maria Calls In Shire Lane
- Sister Jenny and Her Husband
- Love That Will Live
- Mr. Bickerstaff's Nephews
Isaac Bickerstaff Esq. was a pseudonym used by Jonathan Swift as part of a hoax to predict the death of then famous Almanac-maker and astrologer John Partridge. In 1709, Richard Steele bolstered the release of his new satirical paper The Tatler by naming the fictitious Isaac Bickerstaff Esq. as editor. These are fictional essays/memoirs of Bickerstaff, written by Steele. Isaac writes from his time, and his personal things on what was going on. Bickerstaff, or rather Richard Steele, talks mostly about Mr. Bickerstaff's friends, his family, and the many different entertainments that Bickerstaff goes through. Bickerstaff also gets many opportunities to talk to people who are in trouble with their spouse or maybe looking for a partner, and so Bickerstaff plays the role of a father, giving advice to many characters throughout the book. (Summary by TriciaG & Elijah.)
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