William Cobbett’s lessons on grammar, punctuation, and everything pertaining to writing well are conveyed in an intriguing form; namely, in letters to his son James Paul Cobbett. Cobbett’s work cannot be properly understood outside of the context of his career; the grammar lessons found here are put in the service of expressing his political ideas.
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William Cobbett (1763–1835) was an English farmer, pamphleteer, and journalist. Over the course of his life he was steadfastly suspicious of authority. He enlisted in the British army in 1784 and spent his free time educating himself. For his “treasonous” ideas, Cobbett spent two years in the infamous Newgate Prison. He later founded a newspaper called the Weekly Political Register. He is best known for his book Rural Rides (1830).
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