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Isaac Bickerstaff, Physician and Astrologer

Isaac Bickerstaff, Physician and Astrologer

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Number of Chapters: 28

Length: 05 hours and 33 minutes

Language: English

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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Introduction (Elijah Fisher)
The Staffian Race (Elijah Fisher)
Pacolet (Elijah Fisher)
Pacolet's story (Elijah Fisher)
Recollections (Elijah Fisher)
Marriage of Sister Jenny (Elijah Fisher)
Professional: A Case of Spleen (Elijah Fisher)
The Dream of Fame (Elijah Fisher)
Love and Sorrow (Elijah Fisher)
Love and Reason (Elijah Fisher)
A Business Meeting (Elijah Fisher)
Duello (Elijah Fisher)
Happy Marriage (Elijah Fisher)
Dead Folk (Elijah Fisher)
The Wife Dead (Elijah Fisher)
The Club at ''The Trumpet'' (Elijah Fisher)
A Very Pretty Poet (Elijah Fisher)
Fatherly Care (Elijah Fisher)
Bickerstaff Censor: Cases In Court (Elijah Fisher)
Of Men Who Are Not Their Own Masters (Elijah Fisher)
False Doctoring (Elijah Fisher)
Drinking (Elijah Fisher)
Night and Day (Elijah Fisher)
Two Old Ladies (Elijah Fisher)
Maria Calls In Shire Lane (Elijah Fisher)
Sister Jenny and Her Husband (Elijah Fisher)
Love That Will Live (Elijah Fisher)
Mr. Bickerstaff's Nephews (Elijah Fisher)
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