6 edition of Covent Garden Ladies found in the catalog.
Published
April 1, 2005
by Tempus Publishing, Limited
.
Written in English
| The Physical Object | |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | 320 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL7982481M |
| ISBN 10 | 0752428500 |
| ISBN 10 | 9780752428505 |
The Covent Garden Ladies tells the story of three unusual characters whose colourful lives were brought together by this publication. Its story plunges the listener down the dark alleys of 18th-century London's underworld, a realm populated by tavern owners, pimps, punters, card sharks and, of course, a colourful range of prostitutes and. Harris’s List of Covent-Garden Ladies was a directory of prostitutes including their addresses and rates which was published yearly between and , principally examining the upper end of the market. While it was far from being the first catalogue of London prostitutes, it became one of the most notorious and was certainly the longest running.
HARRIS'S LIST OF COVENT GARDEN LADIES was a bestseller in the Eighteenth Century, shifting , copoies in an age before mass consumerism. A 'guide book' published annually at Christmas, it detailed the names, attributes and 'specialities' of the capital's prostitutes. The Covent Garden Ladies; Pimp General Jack & The Extraordinary Story of Harris’s List (Tempus Publishing, & Transworld, ) In , a down-and-out Irish poet, the head-waiter of Covent Garden’s Shakespeare’s Head Tavern, and a celebrated London courtesan.
Spannend wie ein Roman steigt dieses Debüt in die Londoner Halbwelt des Jahrhunderts hinab. Mit "Covent Garden Ladies" hat Hallie Rubenhold ein wichtiges Stück Sozialgeschichte und ein schillerndes Porträt der georgianischen Gesellschaft geschrieben. AUTORENPORTRÄT Hallie Rubenhold, wurde als Kind britischer Eltern in Los Angeles. Harris’s List of Covent Garden Ladies is a late 18 th century guide to the pleasures of late Georgian London. The crosses and house numbers added to the margins in pencil suggest the book Author: Maev Kennedy.
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The Covent Garden Ladies tells the story of Samuel Derrick, Jack Harris, and Charlotte Hayes, whose complicated and colorful lives were brought together by the publication of Harris' List, an infamous guidebook of prostitutes which detailed addresses, physical characteristics, and "specialties".The true history of the book is a tragicomedy motivated by poverty, passionate love, aspiration, and 4/5(47).
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This salacious publication detailing the names and ‘specialities’ of the capital’s prostitutes eventually. Harris's List of Covent Garden Ladies or Man of Pleasure's Kalendar for the Year, Language: English: LoC Class: HQ: Social sciences: The family, Marriage, Sex and Gender: Subject: English wit and humor Subject: Sex -- Humor Subject: Prostitution -- England -- London -- Humor Category: Text: EBook-No.
Release Date: The Covent Garden Ladies tells the story of three unusual characters whose colourful lives were brought together by this publication. Its story plunges the reader down the dark alleys of eighteenth-century London's underworld, a realm populated by tavern owners, pimps, punters, card sharks and of course, a colourful range of prostitutes and.
In The Covent Garden Ladies, Rubenhold explores the story of how the list came into being and the three main personalities behind the famous book; Samuel Derrick (a down and out Irish poet), Charlotte Hayes (a prostitute and then procuress) and John Harrison, also known as Jack Harris, who lent his name to the project.4/5(49).
Harris's List was an annual publication that listed all the prostitutes in and around the Covent Garden area and their 'specialities'.
In The Covent Garden Ladies, Rubenhold explores the story of how the list came into being and the three main personalities behind the famous book; Samuel Derrick (a down and out Irish poet), Charlotte Hayes (a prostitute and then procuress) and John Harrison 4/5(47).
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Published under the title “Harris’s List of Covent Garden ladies”, or “Harris’s List” is short, this guidebook of venereal pleasure catalogued nearly one hundred and fifty up-market prostitutes—providing readers a titillating glimpse into an unfathomably large sex industry that even contemporaries struggled to quantify.
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The true history of the book is a tragicomedy. The Covent Garden Ladies tells the story of Samuel Derrick, Jack Harris, and Charlotte Hayes, whose complicated and colorful lives were brought together by the publication of Harris's List, an infamous guidebook of prostitutes which detailed addresses, physical characteristics, and "specialties."/5().
