With mock gravity Henry Carey praises the dumpling as the noblest of English foods, a parody of pompous scholarship and literary pretension. A companion pamphlet, Pudding and Dumpling Burnt to Pot, offers a mock key to the satire, and this edition includes Carey’s famous Namby Pamby parody of Ambrose Philips.
Light Augustan satire from the author of Sally in Our Alley, for readers of Swift and Pope. Download the free EPUB.