CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFACE vii
3. CONTENTS ix
4. INTRODUCTION 3
5. I. PARENTAGE AND BOYHOOD 16
6. II. THE WHITER OF PLAYS 29
7. III. THE GAMIN DE LONDRES AND THE IMPROVISATORE (1805-1813) 59
8. IV. THE MAURITIUS INTERLUDE 95
9. V. PAMPHLETEER, EDITOR, JOURNALIST, AND NOVELIST (1819-1841) 112
10. VI. SOCIAL LIFE (1819-1841) 166
11. VII. HOOK'S NOVELS 224
12. VIII. HOOK'S IMPORTANCE AS A NOVELIST 293
13. APPENDIX: SYNOPSES OF HOOK'S NOVELS 339
14. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WRITINGS OF THEODORE HOOK 363
15. INDEX 373