Sir Roger de Coverley, the fictional character, devised by Joseph Addison, who portrayed him as the ostensible author of papers and letters that were published in Addison and Richard Steele’s influential periodical The Spectator. Sir Roger was a baronet of Worcestershire and was meant to represent a typical landed country gentleman, perhaps with a social concience as seen here talking to a group of gypsies. He was also a member of the fictitious Spectator Club, and the de Coverley writings included 18th-century English life that were often considered The Spectator’s best feature.
Sir Roger de Coverley, the fictional character, devised by Joseph Addison, who portrayed him as the ostensible author of papers and letters that were published in Addison and Richard Steele’s influential periodical The Spectator. Sir Roger was a baronet of Worcestershire and was meant to represent a typical landed country gentleman, perhaps with a social concience as seen here talking to a group of gypsies. He was also a member of the fictitious Spectator Club, and the de Coverley writings included entertaining vignettes of early 18th-century English life that were often considered The Spectator’s best feature.
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