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Issue Details: First known date: 2007... 2007 The Scandal of the Season
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'The Scandal of the Season is the story of the real-life seduction of the beautiful, clever Arabella Fermor by the charming, enigmatic nobleman Robert Petre, seventh Baron of Ingatestone. Arabella knows that other girls have been ruined by risking an affair like the one she dares to contemplate. The object of her desire, Robert Petre, is also flirting with a Jacobite plot against Queen Anne, and he knows that if his part in the conspiracy is found out he will be hanged.

'A true story, covered up in its day because it threatened to cause a sensation, this was the tale that gave rise to Alexander Pope's bestselling poem The Rape of the Lock, the era's most celebrated satirical entertainment. Watching them all with a beady eye, and taking notes and his part in the story, is an outsider, a cripple, destined to become the genius of his age - the poet Alexander Pope himself. He comes to London from the country, determined to become famous. He knows that if he fails, he will be left destitute. But can he find a story for his next poem powerful enough to make his reputation? Some people take risks because they think they'll beat the odds. Some take risks because they think they're lucky. Some because they love danger. And some do it because they're desperate. This is a story about risk.' (Publisher's blurb)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      Scribner ,
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      Extent: 1v.p.
      ISBN: 9781416540564 (alk. paper), 1416540563 (alk. paper)
    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,
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      Chatto and Windus ,
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      Extent: 1v.p.
      ISBN: 0701181176, 9780701181178

Works about this Work

It-Narratives, Thing Theory, and 'Trivial Things' : Sophie Gee's The Scandal of the Season and The Rape of the Lock Donald W. Nichol , Paul J Hunter , 2015 single work criticism
— Appears in: Anniversary Essays on Alexander Pope's The Rape of the Lock 2015; (p. 150-166)
Sophie Gee Steve Dow , 2008 single work column
— Appears in: The (Sydney) Magazine , March no. 59 2008; (p. 128-129)
Untitled Kathryn Sutherland , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 5 October no. 5453 2007; (p. 21)

— Review of The Scandal of the Season Sophie Gee , 2007 single work novel
Two Sides to the Story : Against Pru Sheaves , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 1-2 September 2007; (p. 30)

— Review of The Scandal of the Season Sophie Gee , 2007 single work novel
Two Sides to the Story : For Melissa Firth , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 1-2 September 2007; (p. 30)

— Review of The Scandal of the Season Sophie Gee , 2007 single work novel
Forbidden Fruit in a Seductive Age Barbara Baker , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 12 - 13 May 2007; (p. 22)

— Review of The Scandal of the Season Sophie Gee , 2007 single work novel
Doomed Love Fails to Make the Cut Diane Stubbings , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 26 May 2007; (p. 16)

— Review of The Scandal of the Season Sophie Gee , 2007 single work novel
Ambitious Recipe Not Quite (Cr)edible Rosemary Sorensen , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 26-27 May 2007; (p. 13)

— Review of The Scandal of the Season Sophie Gee , 2007 single work novel
Fiction Cameron Woodhead , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 2 June 2007; (p. 27)

— Review of Charlotte and the Starlet Dave Warner , 2007 single work children's fiction ; The Scandal of the Season Sophie Gee , 2007 single work novel
Wit Salts an Age of Artifice Kate Holden , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 2-3 June 2007; (p. 34)

— Review of The Scandal of the Season Sophie Gee , 2007 single work novel
A Keen Wit Turned on an Age of Indulgence Michael Williams , 2007 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 19-20 May 2007; (p. 30-31)
Sophie Gee Steve Dow , 2008 single work column
— Appears in: The (Sydney) Magazine , March no. 59 2008; (p. 128-129)
It-Narratives, Thing Theory, and 'Trivial Things' : Sophie Gee's The Scandal of the Season and The Rape of the Lock Donald W. Nichol , Paul J Hunter , 2015 single work criticism
— Appears in: Anniversary Essays on Alexander Pope's The Rape of the Lock 2015; (p. 150-166)
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