Length3h 51m
About this audiobook
"The History of John Bull" by John Arbuthnot is a satirical work that personifies England as John Bull, a straightforward and honest cloth merchant. Written during the early 18th century, it humorously critiques European politics and the War of the Spanish Succession, using allegory to explore national identity and political conflicts.
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GenreHistory
Length3 hrs 51 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJan 1, 1712
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1By John Arbuthnot, M.D.
2Author's Preface
3The History Of John Bull
4Chapter II. How Bull And Frog Grew Jealous That The Lord Strutt Intended To Give All His Custom To His Grandfather Lewis Baboon
5Chapter III. A Copy Of Bull And Frog's Letter To Lord Strutt
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6Chapter IV. How Bull And Frog Went To Law With Lord Strutt About The Premises, And Were Joined By The Rest Of The Tradesmen
7Chapter V. The True Characters Of John Bull, Nic. Frog, And Hocus.*
8Chapter VI. Of The Various Success Of The Lawsuit.*
9Chapter VII. How John Bull Was So Mightily Pleased With His Success That He Was Going To Leave Off His Trade And Turn Lawyer
10Chapter VIII. How John Discovered That Hocus Had An Intrigue With His Wife;* And What Followed Thereupon
11Chapter IX. How Some Quacks Undertook To Cure Mrs. Bull Of Her Ulcer.*
12Chapter X. Of John Bull's Second Wife, And The Good Advice That She Gave Him.*
13Chapter XI. How John Looked Over His Attorney's Bill.*
14Chapter XII. How John Grew Angry, And Resolved To Accept A Composition; And What Methods Were Practised By The Lawyers For Keeping Him From It.*
15Chapter XIII. Mrs. Bull's Vindication Of The Indispensable Duty Incumbent Upon Wives In Case Of The Tyranny, Infidelity, Or Insufficiency Of Husbands;
16Chapter XIV. The Two Great Parties Of Wives, The Devotos And The Hitts.*
17Chapter XV. An Account Of The Conference Between Mrs. Bull And Don Diego.*
18Chapter XVI. How The Guardians Of The Deceased Mrs. Bull's Three Daughters Came To John, And What Advice They Gave Him; Wherein Is Briefly Treated The Characters Of The Three Daughters. Also John Bull's Answer To The Three Guardians.*
19Chapter XVII. Esquire South's Message And Letter To Mrs. Bull.*
20Part II
21Chapter I. The Character Of John Bull's Mother.*
22Chapter II. The Character Of John Bull's Sister Peg,* With The Quarrels That Happened Between Master And Miss In Their Childhood
23Chapter III. Jack's Charms,* Or The Method By Which He Gained Peg's Heart
24Chapter IV. How The Relations Reconciled John And His Sister Peg, And What Return Peg Made To John's Message.*
25Chapter V. Of Some Quarrels That Happened After Peg Was Taken Into The Family.*
26Chapter VI. The Conversation Between John Bull And His Wife.*
27Chapter VII. Of The Hard Shifts Mrs. Bull Was Put To Preserve The Manor Of Bullock's Hatch, With Sir Roger's Method To Keep Off Importunate Duns.*
28Chapter VIII. A Continuation Of The Conversation Betwixt John Bull And His Wife
29Chapter IX
30Chapter X. Of Some Extraordinary Things* That Passed At The
31Chapter Xi.* The Apprehending, Examination, And Imprisonment Of Jack For Suspicion Of Poisoning
32Chapter XII. How Jack's Friends Came To Visit Him In Prison, And What Advice They Gave Him
33Chapter XIII. How Jack Hanged Himself Up By The Persuasion Of His Friends, Who Broke Their Words, And Left His Neck In The Noose
34Chapter XIV. The Conference Between Don Diego And John Bull
35Chapter XV. The Sequel Of The Meeting At The
36Chapter XVI. How John Bull And Nic. Frog Settled Their Accounts
37Chapter XVII. How John Bull Found All His Family In An Uproar At Home.*
38Chapter XVIII. How Lewis Baboon Came To Visit John Bull, And What Passed Between Them. *
39Chapter XIX. Nic. Frog's Letter To John Bull: Wherein He Endeavours To Vindicate All His Conduct, With Relation To John Bull And The Lawsuit
40Chapter XX. The Discourse That Passed Between Nic. Frog And Esquire South, Which John Bull Overheard.*
41Chapter XXI. The Rest Of Nic.'s Fetches To Keep John Out Of Ecclesdown Castle.*
42Chapter XXII. Of The Great Joy That John Expressed When He Got Possession Of Ecclesdown.*
43Postscript
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