科貝特出身於農民家庭，後來辦報評論時政，是改革派的竭力支持者。其代表作有《騎馬鄉行記》，記錄了他行遊鄉村時的所見所聞。他筆下的英國景色美麗，風俗淳樸，並對當時腐敗的政治進行了強烈的譴責。他的作品思想犀利，文筆樸實無華。 I came off this morning on the Marlborough road about two miles，orthree，and then turned off,over the downs，in a _disibledevent=O transport the people ofEngland，upon the principle of the monster Malthus，who has furnishedthe unfeeling oligarchs and their toad——eaters with the pretence thatman has a natural propensity to breed faster than food can be raised forthe increase；it seemed to me that one way of exposing this mixture ofmadness and of blasphemy was to take a look，now that the harvest is in，at the produce，the mouths，the condition，and the changes that have takenplace，in a spot like this，which God has favoured with every good that hehas had to bestow upon man． From the top of the hill 1 was not a little surprised to see．in everypart of the valley that my eyes could reach，a due，a large，portion offields of Swedish turnips，all looking extremely well．I had found theturnips of both sorts by no means bad from Salt Hill to Newbury；butm Newbury through Brughclere，Highclere，Uphusband，and Tangley，I had seen but few．At and about Ludgarshall and Everley I had seen hardly any．But when I came this morning to Milton Hill Farm，I saw a very large field of what appeared to me to be fine Swedish turnips．In the valley，however，I found them much finer，and the fields were very beautiful objects，forming，as their colour did，SO great a contrast with that of the fallows and the stubbles，which latter are，this year，singularly clean and bright．