eBooks - History - World - John Arbuthnot - The History of John Bull
The History of John Bull eBooks
by John Arbuthnot
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The History of John Bull Summary
| This is the book which fixed the name and character of John Bull on the English people. Though in one part of the story he is thin and long nosed, as a result of trouble, generally he is suggested to us as ˝ruddy and plump, with a pair of cheeks like a trumpeter,? an honest tradesman, simple and straightforward, easily cheated; but when he takes his affairs into his own hands, acting with good plain sense, knowing very well what he wants done, and doing it. |
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This is the book which fixed the name and character of John Bull on the English people. Though in one part of the story he is thin and long nosed, as a result of trouble, generally he is suggested to us as "ruddy and plump, with a pair of cheeks like a trumpeter," an honest tradesman, simple and straightforward, easily cheated; but when he takes his affairs into his own hands, acting with good plain sense, knowing very well what he wants done, and doing it.
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| The novel is an allegory, presented through animals, regarding the political affairs of its period. It is a commentary on the state of affairs of the common man and elite. Regarded as an account of history rather than an allegory by the author, the book is a factual record of the England at a time when it was locked in war with its neighbours. |
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