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THE COMPLEAT ANGLER IBD

IZAAK WALTON
BINKER NORTH
06 / 2023
9781774419687
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Sinopsis

The Compleat Anglerá(the spelling is sometimes modernised toáThe Complete Angler, though this spelling also occurs in first editions) is a book byáIzaak Walton, first published in 1653 byáRichard Marriotáin London. Walton continued to add to it for a quarter of a century. It is a celebration of the art and spirit of fishing in prose and verseWalton was born ináStaffordáand moved to London when he was in his teens in order to learn a trade.áThe Compleat Angleráreflects the authorâÇÖs connections with these two locations, especially on theáRiver Dove, central England, that forms the border between Staffordshire and Derbyshire in theáPeak District. The book was dedicated to John Offley ofáMadeley, Staffordshire, and there are references in it to fishing in the English Midlands. However, the work begins with Londoners making a fishing trip up theáLea ValleyáináHertfordshire, starting atáTottenham.Walton was not sympathetic to the Puritan regime of the 1650s and the work has been seen as a reaction to the turbulence of theáEnglish Civil Waráand its aftermath, 'the disorder of the present times received muted comment in the workâÇÖs scenes of harmony', is the view of theáOxford Dictionary of National Biography.[2]á'Study to be Quiet' was one of WaltonâÇÖs favourite mottos.