Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. A “Cool State of Indifference”: Mother Creswell’s Academy 17
6. 2. The “Deluge of Depravity”: Bernard Mandeville and the Reform Societies 42
7. 3. Whore, Turk, and Jew: Defoe’s Roxana 70
8. 4. Fanny’s Sisters: The Prostitute Narrative 97
9. 5. Clarissa among the Whores 129
10. 6. Tom Jones and the “New Vice” 154
11. 7. Risky Business in the South Seas and Back 179
12. Conclusion: Usury of the Heart 199
13. Notes 213
14. Bibliography 239
15. Index 265