James Beresford
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James Beresford was a writer and clergyman. He made translations and wrote religious books, but was chiefly known as the author of a satirical work, The Miseries of Human Life
, considered to be a "minor classic in the genre".
The Miseries of Human Life
The Miseries of Human Life was written by James Beresford and published in 1806, first as a single volume and then as an expanded two-volume edition later that year. Illustrated by George Cruikshank, it catalogued "in excruciating detail" the "petty outrages, minor humiliations, and tiny...
, considered to be a "minor classic in the genre".