A Rogue's Life
Wilkie Collins
Subjects: England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction, Rogues and vagabonds -- Fiction, PR, I
Downloads: 637
Subjects: England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction, Rogues and vagabonds -- Fiction, PR, I
Downloads: 637
The critical reader may possibly notice a tone of almost boisterous gayety in certain parts of these imaginary Confessions. I can only plead, in defense, that the story offers the faithful reflection of a very happy time in my past life. It was written at Paris, when I had Charles Dickens for a near neighbor and a daily companion, and when my leisure hours were joyously passed with many other friends, all associated with literature and art, of whom the admirable comedian, Regnier, is now the only survivor. The revising of these pages has been to me a melancholy task. I can only hop.
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