Madame Flirt
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A street singer outside an inn in St. Giles catches the ear of John Gay and the bass singer Richard Leveridge. Her name is Lavinia Fenton, though Gay thinks Polly would suit her better. In Charles Edward Pearce's historical romance, the voices and crowds of London supply the opening scene, with tavern conversation, aristocratic visitors and an untrained talent that draws serious attention.
The world of ballad opera gives the novel its subject, while a roadside encounter adds a sharper strain of danger. Travelling towards London, Lavinia finds herself facing a masked highwayman who has already taken an older passenger's valuables. Readers interested in theatrical fiction will find a story that brings public performance into contact with precarious travel and differences of rank. The lively exchanges make individual voices part of its picture of London life.
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- Charles Edward Pearce
- Pages
- 184
- Language
- English
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