Pierce Egan

About

Pierce Egan (1772–1849) was a British journalist, sportswriter, and writer on popular culture. His popular book Life in London, published in 1821, was adapted into the stage play Tom and Jerry, or Life in London later that year, which became the first play to have a continuous run of 100 performances in London while at the Adelphi Theatre in the West End.

Books

Grose's Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

Grose's Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

Pierce Egan, Francis Grose

Pierce Egan, Real Paddy

Real Life in Ireland

Or, The Day and Night Scenes, Rovings, Rambles, and Sprees, Bulls, Blunders, Bodderation and Blarney, of Brian Boru, Esq. and His Elegant Friend Sir Shawn O'Dogherty : Exhibiting a Real Picture of Characters, Manners, &c. in High and Low Life, in Dublin and Various Parts of Ireland

Real Life in Ireland

Pierce Egan, Real Paddy

The Flower of the Flock

The Flower of the Flock

The Pilgrims of the Thames in Search of the National!

The Pilgrims of the Thames in Search of the National!

Mark Jarrett's Daisy, Or The Wild Flower of Hazlewood

Mark Jarrett's Daisy, Or The Wild Flower of Hazlewood

Boxiana; Or, Sketches of Ancient and Modern Pugilism

Boxiana; Or, Sketches of Ancient and Modern Pugilism

Life in London, Or, The Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq. and His Elegant Friend Corinthian Tom ...

Life in London, Or, The Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq. and His Elegant Friend Corinthian Tom ...

Life in London

The wonder of Kingswood Chace

The wonder of Kingswood Chace

Wat Tyler

True History of Tom and Jerry

True History of Tom and Jerry

Pierce Egan, Charles Hindley

The true history of Tom and Jerry; or, The day and night scenes, of life in London, with a key to the persons and places, together with a vocabulary and glossary of the flash and slang terms, by C. Hindley

The true history of Tom and Jerry; or, The day and night scenes, of life in London, with a key to the persons and places, together with a vocabulary and glossary of the flash and slang terms, by C. Hindley

Boxiana: During the championship of Cribb, to Spring's challenge to all England

Boxiana: During the championship of Cribb, to Spring's challenge to all England

Boxiana: From the championship of Cribb to the present time

Boxiana: From the championship of Cribb to the present time

Edward the Black Prince; or, a Tale of the feudal times. [With illustrations.]

Edward the Black Prince; or, a Tale of the feudal times. [With illustrations.]

Pierce Egan's Finish to the Adventures of Tom, Jerry, and Logic

Pierce Egan's Finish to the Adventures of Tom, Jerry, and Logic

Life in London

Or, The Marchioness and Her Secret

Wat Tyler

Tom and Jerry [or, Life in London, an Operatic Extravaganza in Three Acts]

Tom and Jerry [or, Life in London, an Operatic Extravaganza in Three Acts]

Pierce Egan, William Thomas Moncrieff

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