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Madame Flirt / A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera'

Charles Edward Pearce

  • Novel
  • Book language: English
  • 224 pages

A historical romance inspired by John Gay's 'The Beggar's Opera,' set in the colourful world of 18th-century London theatre and its criminal underworld. It weaves a tale of love and intrigue involving figures like Polly Peachum and the actress Lavinia Fenton. A lively, atmospheric listen for fans of period drama.

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MADAME FLIRT
A ROMANCE OF
"THE BEGGAR'S OPERA"
BY
CHARLES E. PEARCE
"Why how now Madam Flirt"—Lucy.
AUTHOR OF
"STIRRING DEEDS IN THE GREAT WAR," "A QUEEN OF THE
PADDOCK,"
"CORINTHIAN JACK," ETC.
LONDON
STANLEY PAUL & CO.
31, ESSEX STREET, STRAND, W.C.2.
Printed in Great Britain at the Athenæum Printing Works,
Redhill
First Published in 1922.

CONTENTS
CHAPTER I             "IF YOUR NAME ISN'T POLLY IT OUGHT
TO BE"
CHAPTER II             "GO YOUR OWN WAY YOU UNGRATEFUL
MINX"
CHAPTER III            "OH, MISTRESS MINE, WHERE ART THOU
ROAMING?"
CHAPTER IV            "IF WE'RE NOT TO BE MARRIED TELL ME"
CHAPTER V             "MANY A MAN WOULD GIVE A HANDFUL OF
GUINEAS FOR A KISS FROM SALLY SALISBURY"
CHAPTER VI             MOTHER AND DAUGHTER
CHAPTER VII            "I WISH I WERE A RICH LADY FOR YOUR
SAKE"
CHAPTER VIII           "YOU'VE A MIGHTY COAXING TONGUE"
CHAPTER IX             "YOU WERE BRAVE AND FOUGHT FOR ME"
CHAPTER X              IN THE CHAPTER COFFEE HOUSE
CHAPTER XI             LAVINIA'S PILGRIMAGE
CHAPTER XII            "ARE WORDS THE ONLY SIGNS OF LOVE?"
CHAPTER XIII            "I'M FIXED ON POLLY PEACHUM"
CHAPTER XIV           "I WISH YOU GOOD NIGHT AND MORE
SENSE"
CHAPTER XV            "A MAN SHOULD FIGHT HIS WAY THROUGH
THE WORLD"
CHAPTER XVI           "THEY'RE TO MEET AT ROSAMOND'S POND"

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