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He was born in London in 1772.
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 edition. Excerpt: ...it seems, whom poverty had reduced to its lowest ebb, had, in a fit of desperation, almost as her last resource, called a hackney coach, and drove to a house in a respectable street near Grosvenor-Square, to solicit relief of a friend who had known her when Virtue and Prosperity shone upon her. But, alas! the door was shut against her, and she was ordered to depart without delay. This shock was almost too much for her already agitated frame, but the relief of a few tears enabled her to order the coachman to proceed to an elegant mansion in Portland-Place. It was the residence of her seducer--the origin of all her misfortunes; it was also the dwelling of her keeper, who, when satiated with her lovely person, had abandoned her to the wide world. To him she now applied for a few pounds, in order to escape the horrible life of a streetwalker--and, like a humble penitent, to return to her home, and to sue for forgiveness, even at the feet of her agonized and distracted relatives. Upon her sending a message to see this gentleman, the answer returned to this unfortunate creature produced so violent a fit of hysterics, that the coachman could scarcely restore her to her senses:--it was "that if she did not instantly quit the place, an officer of justice would be sent for, and herself given into custody." She then drove to one or two other houses with no better success. On her arrival at Lincoln's Inn Fields, in a state of frenzy, she wished to quit the coach, but only gave the coachman three shillings. Some little altercation ensued, as the long time the coachman had been employed made his fare amount to a heavy charge. Jarvy finding no means of settling the dispute, took the summary mode of driving this unfortunate girl to...
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journalist writer sportswriter
He was born in London in 1772.
He began life as sporting reporter for the newspapers, and was soon recognized as the best of his day.
In 1814 he wrote, set and printed a book about the relations of the prince regent (afterwards George IV) and Miss Robinson, called The Mistress of Royalty, or the Loves of Florizel and Perdita. But his best-known work is Life in London, or Days and Nights of Jerry Hawthorne and his Elegant Friend Corinthian Tom (1821), a book, describing the amusements of sporting men, with illustrations by Cruikshank. This book took the popular fancy and was one of Thackeray's early favourites. It was repeatedly imitated, and several dramatic versions were produced in London.
A sequel containing more of country sports and misadventures probably suggested Dickens's Pickwick Papers.
In 1824 Pierce Egan's Life in London and Sporting Guide was started, a weekly newspaper afterwards incorporated with Bell's Life.
Among his numerous other books are Boxiana (1818), Life of an Actor (1824), Book of Sports (1832), and the Pilgrims of the Thames (1838). Egan died at Pentonville on the 3rd of August 1849. His son, Pierce Egan (1814 - 1880), illustrated his own and his father's books, and wrote a score of novels of varying merit, of! which The Snake in the Grass (1858) is perhaps the best.
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