The Humourous Story of Farmer Bumpkin's Lawsuit

By Richard Harris

(3.5 stars) • 10 reviews

A simple farmer's peaceful life is turned upside down when a dispute over his prized pig leads him into a bewildering and hilarious legal battle with a wily merchant.

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Humour Law & Criminology Literature

Released

2009-11-27

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Summary

"The Humourous Story of Farmer Bumpkin's Lawsuit" by Richard Harris is a late 19th-century novel about a farmer named Thomas Bumpkin who gets into a legal fight with a clever coal seller named Josiah Snooks. The book uses humor to make a statement about the fairness and strangeness of the legal stuff back then. It starts by showing Bumpkin's nice farm life and his love for his stuff, especially his pig. The trouble starts when Bumpkin and Snooks argue about how much the pig is worth, showing how honest Bumpkin is compared to how sneaky Snooks is. This sets up the story to laugh at the confusing and complicated legal stuff they have to through.