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- LIFE AND LETTERS OF
- JOHN GAY(1685-1732)
- AUTHOR OF "THE BEGGAR'S OPERA" BY LEWIS MELVILLE
- PUBLISHED IN LONDON BY DANIEL O'CONNOR, NINETY GREAT RUSSELL STREET, W.C.I: 1921
- PUBLISHED IN LONDON BY DANIEL O'CONNOR, NINETY GREAT RUSSELL STREET, W.C.I: 1921
- To GEORGE MAIR
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- CHAPTER I
- 1685-1706 EARLY YEARS
- 1685-1706 EARLY YEARS
- CHAPTER II
- 1706-1712 GAY COMMENCES AUTHOR
- 1706-1712 GAY COMMENCES AUTHOR
- CHAPTER III
- 1713 "RURAL SPORTS," "THE FAN," "THE WIFE OF BATH," ETC.
- 1713 "RURAL SPORTS," "THE FAN," "THE WIFE OF BATH," ETC.
- CHAPTER IV
- 1714 "THE SHEPHERD'S WEEK," "A LETTER TO A LADY."
- 1714 "THE SHEPHERD'S WEEK," "A LETTER TO A LADY."
- CHAPTER V
- 1715-1719 "The What D'ye Call It"—An Epistle to the Right Honourable the Earl of Burlington—"Trivia, or, The Art of Walking the Streets of London"—"Three Hours After Marriage."
- 1715-1719 "The What D'ye Call It"—An Epistle to the Right Honourable the Earl of Burlington—"Trivia, or, The Art of Walking the Streets of London"—"Three Hours After Marriage."
- CHAPTER VI
- 1720 "Poems on Several Occasions"—Gay Invests His Earnings in the South Sea Company—The South Sea "Bubble" Breaks, and Gay Loses all His Money—Appointed a Commissioner of the State Lottery—Lord Lincoln Gives Him an Apartment in Whitehall—At Tunbridge Wells—Correspondence with Mrs. Howard.
- 1720 "Poems on Several Occasions"—Gay Invests His Earnings in the South Sea Company—The South Sea "Bubble" Breaks, and Gay Loses all His Money—Appointed a Commissioner of the State Lottery—Lord Lincoln Gives Him an Apartment in Whitehall—At Tunbridge Wells—Correspondence with Mrs. Howard.
- CHAPTER VII
- 1724-1727 "THE CAPTIVES"—THE FIRST SERIES OF "FABLES"—GAY AND THE COURT—POPE, SWIFT AND MRS. HOWARD.
- 1724-1727 "THE CAPTIVES"—THE FIRST SERIES OF "FABLES"—GAY AND THE COURT—POPE, SWIFT AND MRS. HOWARD.
- CHAPTER VIII
- 1727 "THE BEGGAR'S OPERA"
- 1727 "THE BEGGAR'S OPERA"
- CHAPTER IX
- 1728-1729 "POLLY"
- 1728-1729 "POLLY"
- CHAPTER X
- 1729 CORRESPONDENCE
- 1729 CORRESPONDENCE
- CHAPTER XI
- 1730 CORRESPONDENCE
- 1730 CORRESPONDENCE
- CHAPTER XII
- 1731 CORRESPONDENCE
- 1731 CORRESPONDENCE
- CHAPTER XIII
- 1732 DEATH
- 1732 DEATH
- APPENDIX
- I
- SOURCES OF THE TUNES.
- II
- A CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF THE CORRESPONDENCE OF JOHN GAY.
- A CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF THE CORRESPONDENCE OF JOHN GAY.
- III
- PROGRAMME OF THE REVIVAL OF "THE BEGGAR'S OPERA," LYRIC THEATRE, HAMMERSMITH, JUNE 7TH, 1920.
- PROGRAMME OF THE REVIVAL OF "THE BEGGAR'S OPERA," LYRIC THEATRE, HAMMERSMITH, JUNE 7TH, 1920.
- INDEX
- AUTHOR OF "THE BEGGAR'S OPERA" BY LEWIS MELVILLE
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