Lord Rochester's Monkey: Being the Life of John Wilmot, Second Earl of Rochester [Hardcover]

Graham Greene (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 12, 1974 | ISBN-10: 0370102908 | ISBN-13: 978-0370102900 | Edition: 1st

"Lord Rochester's Monkey" was written between 1931 and 1934 and, because of the reputation of its subject, the notorious Restoration libertine and poet, the book failed to find a publisher. Rochester was the most prominent of rakes. He was also a fine lyrical and satirical poet whose work, in Greene's opinion, has been greatly underestimated, being overshadowed by his life of lechery and drunkenness, wild pranks and practical jokes. At court, Charles II suffered but respected Rochester's coruscating satires, joined in his erotic escapades and rewarded him with distinctions. Yet the last thirteen years of his life were "clouded by the fumes of drink" and literary quarrels. On his deathbed in 1680 - he was only 33 - he called for Dr Burnet and repented. His friend Etheridge wrote of him: "I know he is a devil, but had something of the angel yet undefac'd in him".

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 232 pages
• Publisher: The Bodley Head; 1st edition (September 12, 1974)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0370102908
• ISBN-13: 978-0370102900
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 7.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,192,573 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Good, July 22, 2008

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The one that has arrive later comparing it to the others I ordered, though it finally arrives.

Nice book, and it looks like if it where older than me xD