The Miseries of Human Life Author:James Beresford, Michelle Lovric In early 1806, James Beresford, an English rector, published "The Miseries of Human Life." The book lists, in excruciating detail, and with the utmost elegance of expression, the multitude of petty outrages, minor himiliations and tiny discomforts that make up everyday human existence. Beresford arranged his pageant of calamities in a ... more »series of "Groans" about the body, about traveling, about social life, about life in town and life in the country, among other unspeakable horrors.
The book was an instant best-seller, went into dozens of editions and was published all over the world. Now it has been rediscovered and presented again, its nail-biting horrors still as fresh and apt as they ever were, and as vividly and painfully applicable to today's sufferers.
"Wit, much humour and perfect originiality." - Sir Walter Scott, 1806.« less