Modern Chivalry: Containing the Adventures of Captain John Farrago, and Teague O’Regan, his Servant
Modern Chivalry is a rich American novel, penned by the army chaplain, editor, Pennsylvania lawyer and judge, state legislator, and writer Hugh Henry Brackenridge (1748-1816), published in installments from 1792 to 1815. A social and political satire, it features two main characters who engage in humorous, competing impulses ridiculing the substance of life in the new republic, while examining ...