Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Acknowledgments v
3. Contents vii
4. 1. Ground Rules 1
5. 2. Scenes and Heroes 9
6. 3. The Comical Revenge; or, Love in a Tub 20
7. 4. She Wou'd If She Cou'd 28
8. 5. Love in a Wood; or, St. James's Park 38
9. 6. Disguise, Comic and Cosmic 45
10. 7. The Gentleman Dancing-Master 64
11. 8. The Country Wife 73
12. 9. The Man of Mode; or, Sir Fopling Flutter 86
13. 10. The Plain-Dealer 96
14. 11. A Sense of Schism 114
15. 12. The Old Batchelor 131
16. 13. The Double-Dealer 149
17. 14. Love for Love 161
18. 15. The Way of the World 175
19. 16. The Critical Failure 199
20. 17. From Charles to Charles 210
21. 18. Forms to His Conceit 231
22. Notes 243
23. Index 263