Item #000790 Peg Woffington. Charles Reade, 1814 - 1884.
Peg Woffington
Peg Woffington
Peg Woffington
Peg Woffington

Peg Woffington

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1855. 1st Edition. Hardcover.

First American Edition. No advertisements in the rear.


Contemporary half morocco over marbled boards; rubbed corners with breaks light to spine edges and tips; Bindings very tight with fine hinges, foxing scattered to toned pages heavier to the first and last pages; some spots top text block near spine.


Very Good / No Dust Jacket As Issued. Item #000790

Based on the comedic and dramatic actress Margaret " Peg " Woffington ( 1714 - 1769 ) the English actress who played Polly Peachum in The Beggar's Opera at age 10, played Ophelia, etc. and her life. The book written after the success of Charles Reade's play " Masks and Faces ", about the life of Peg Woffington. Written by Dramatist and author Charles Reade . 


Charles Reade was said to have an eye for scene, situation and dialogue, a very popular and prolific author of his times. Charles Reade was an English novelist and dramatist, best known for The Cloister and the Hearth. Reade began his literary career as a dramatist, and it was his own wish that the word "dramatist" should stand first in the description of his occupations on his tombstone.

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