Sir Roger de
            Coverley, an old bachelor in his mid-fifties, is a fictional character created by Joseph
            Addison as an author of letters and papers published in the periodical, The
            Spectator, launched in the early 18th century by Addison and his friend,
            Richard Steele. Sir Roger has been portrayed as a country gentleman, the benevolent
            autocrat, the baronet of a large Worcestershire estate. The knight possessing  exemplary
            humaneness, sympathy, moral sense and sense of responsibilty  serves as an ideal country
            squire of the 18th century. In London, Sir Roger presides over the "Club,” an informal
             group of men of divergent interests and personalities. He pursues in a harmless way his
            Tory politics. On the whole, Sir Roger is a fine literary portrait of a an affable
            gentleman.
Sunday, December 2, 2012
Describe the character of Sir Roger de Coverley in The Sir Roger de Coverley Papers?
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