Geoffery Gambado
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- General readers interested in nineteenth-century English literature
- Students studying the language and narrative of English fiction
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- Read one or two chapters a day to maintain a steady pace and note unfamiliar words
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About the author
Richard Cobbold (1797–1877) was an English clergyman and novelist known for his regional fiction. His better-known works include The History of Margaret Catchpole, a Suffolk Girl and Geoffery Gambado, both drawing on the local life and characters of Suffolk in a plain, narrative style. Public information about his life and writing is limited, and only two of his works are held in this collection. Judging from these works, his writing centers on rural life, local figures and folk stories, and has a distinct regional character, offering readable texts for later readers interested in nineteenth-century English country society and local narrative traditions.
