Bought and Paid For: A Story of To-Day

According to Wikipedia: "George Crabbe (24 December 1754 - 3 February 1832) was an English poet and naturalist . . . The two works for which Crabbe became best known were The Village (1783) and The Borough (1810), both lengthy poems dealing with the way of life he had experienced. In 1783, he also married Sarah. In 1814, he became Rector of Trowbridge in Wiltshire, where he remained. By the time of his death, he was well-regarded and a friend of William Wordsworth, Sir Walter Scott and other major literary figures of the time."