![]() ![]() He wrote satires, love poems and plays throughout his adult life, and died at Woodstock Park in July 1680. He travelled until 1664, but was then imprisoned in the Tower of London for a time, allegedly for trying to abduct a Somerset heiress, whom he married upon his release from prison. ![]() John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester (1648-1680) was born near Oxford and studied at Wadham College, Oxford, where he was awarded an MA. The book is a mosaic in which the poet's voice and the voice of his age sound with a startling, ribald and riotous clarity.Īs John Evelyn recalls: 'Mr Andrew Marvell (who was a good Judge of Witt) was wont to say that was the best English Satyrist and had the right veine. ![]() Rochester, incontestably the greatest of the Restoration poets and reprobates, is presented in The Debt to Pleasure both in his own words and the words of those who loved or loathed him. Tarquin Winot, voluptuary and supercivilized ironist (and snob), sets out on a journey of the senses from. Winner of the Whitbread Award for Best First Novel and a New York Times Notable Book, John Lanchesters The Debt to Pleasure is a wickedly funny ode to food. Purchase includes: EPUB, MOBI & PDF Read reviews on Amazon & Goodreads The Debt To Pleasure (Paperback, Main Market Ed.). ![]()
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