Readnara
English Eccentrics and Eccentricities — John Timbs

English Eccentrics and Eccentricities

John Timbs

  • History
  • Book language: English
  • 487 pages

English Eccentrics and Eccentricities is a historical collection of sketches and anecdotes about unusually odd figures in English life. John Timbs presents their sayings and doings with warmth, showing how eccentricity can coexist with good sense and good heart. It is worth listening to for its curious portraits of human character and the light it throws on bygone manners.

Listen to the whole book free

Already have an account? Sign in and listen

Free with a free account. The book is read by an AI-generated voice; the text follows along.

Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.

Contents

  1. ENGLISH ECCENTRICS.
  2. PREFACE.
  3. CONTENTS.
  4. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
  5. ENGLISH ECCENTRICS.
  6. The Beckfords and Fonthill.
  7. Alderman Beckford's Monument Speech, in Guildhall.
  8. Beau Brummel.
  9. Sir Lumley Skeffington, Bart.
  10. "Romeo" Coates.
  11. Abraham Newland.
  12. The Spendthrift Squire of Halston, John Mytton.
  13. Lord Petersham.
  14. The King and Queen of the Sandwich Islands.
  15. Sir Edward Dering's Luckless Courtship.
  16. Gretna-Green Marriages.
  17. The Agapemone, or Abode of Love.
  18. Singular Scotch Ladies.
  19. Mrs. Bond, of Hackney.
  20. John Ward, the Hackney Miser.
  21. "Poor Man of Mutton."
  22. Lord Kenyon's Parsimony.
  23. Mary Moser, the Flower-Painter.
  24. The Eccentric Miss Banks.
  25. Thomas Cooke, the Miser of Pentonville.
  26. Thomas Cooke, the Turkey Merchant.
  27. "Lady Lewson," of Clerkenwell.
  28. Profits of Dust-sifting, and Dust-heaps.
  29. Sir John Dinely, Bart.
  30. The Rothschilds.

and 18 more chapters

You may also like