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Tim Bobbin: A View of the Lancashire Dialect

Tim Bobbin: A View of the Lancashire Dialect

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Number of Chapters: 20

Length: 10 hours and 21 minutes

Language: English

A comic dialogue written in John Collier's idiosyncratic version of the 18th century South Lancashire dialect together with a collection of 19th century texts on Collier and his work. Egged on by Meary (Mary), Tummus (Thomas) recounts the series of misadventures that ensue when he makes a trip to Rochdale on an errand for his master. First published in 1746, the text grew over subsequent editions as Collier expanded the story, added a preface in which he berates publishers who had pirated his work, and inflated and amended his glossary. The text read here is the final version of the preface, dialogue and glossary, which appeared in an 1862 edition of Collier's works.

Collier's texts are followed by several accounts of Collier's life and commentaries on his work, Elijah Riding's 1860 'plain English' translation of the Tummus and Meary text, and three poems set at Collier's graveside in Rochdale. (Summary by Phil Benson)

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A View of the Lancashire dialect - Part 1 (Phil Benson)
A View of the Lancashire dialect - Part 2 (Phil Benson)
A View of the Lancashire dialect - Part 3 (Phil Benson)
A Glossary of Lancashire words and phrases - A-E (Phil Benson)
A Glossary of Lancashire words and phrases - F-J (Phil Benson)
A Glossary of Lancashire words and phrases - K-R (Phil Benson)
A Glossary of Lancashire words and phrases - S-Z (Phil Benson)
Memoirs of Mr. John Collier (Phil Benson)
Life of the Author (Phil Benson)
Introduction: Dialect of South Lancashire, or Tim Bobbin's Tummus and Meary (Phil Benson)
The Cottage of Tim Bobbin, and the Village of Milnrow (Phil Benson)
On the south Lancashire Dialect - Part 1 (Phil Benson)
On the south Lancashire Dialect - Part 2 (Phil Benson)
John Collier ('Tim Bobbin') (Phil Benson)
Tim Bobbin as an Artist (Phil Benson)
The Children of Tim Bobbin (Phil Benson)
The Dialogue of Thomas and Mary - Part 1 (Phil Benson)
The Dialogue of Thomas and Mary - Part 2 (Phil Benson)
The Dialogue of Thomas and Mary - Footnotes (Phil Benson)
Tim Bobbin' Grave (Phil Benson)
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