The english rogue : or, the life of Jeremy Sharp, commonly called, Meriton Latroon. Shewing, his birth and parentage; the many pranks he play'd whilst a Child; his wonderful Escape from the Irish Rebels; his running away from his Mother, and entering into a Gang of Gypsies, and the villanies he committed, whilst he followed that Profession. His coming to London, his Commitment to Newgate; his being entertained in the Service of a Merchant, who took a Fancy to him seeing him beg in the Street. His turning Strolling-Player, and his Adventures and Intrigues with the Princess Cordelia. The exploits he performed in bawdy-houses; how he gets into a Boarding-School in Woman's Apparel, as a Maid-Servant, and gets several of the young Ladies with Child; runs away towards Ireland, is shipwreck'd on the Isle of Man, arrives at Dublin, the Tricks he plays there; returns to England, is imprisoned at Oxford; ransomed by his Comrades; falls in love with a rich Widow, whom he enjoys, robs, and forsakes; is condemned for another Robbery, and obliged to transport himself for seven Years out of the Kingdom; is shipwreck'd at Sea, taken by the Turks, sold to a Jew, makes his Escape to the East-Indies, his Adventures there. Returns to England, commits more villanies, grows honest, and dies penitent.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sharp, Jeremy.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English fiction--18th century.

English fiction.

Rogues and vagabonds--Early works to 1800.

Rogues and vagabonds.

Genre:

Fiction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (476p. )

Other Title:

English rogue

Place of Publication:

London : printed by T. Read, in White-Fryars, Fleet-Street, MDCCXLI. [1741]

Notes:

Jeremy Sharp is a pseudonym.

Published in 20 parts.

Includes "the alphabetical vocabulary of the gypsies cant" at end.

Written in the first person, the autobiography is altered from a work by Richard Head and Francis Kirkman entitled: 'The English rogue, described in the life of Meriton Latroon'.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

Alston, IX, 287

English Short Title Catalog, T226385.

OCLC:

642550794