AustLit
Latest Issues
AbstractHistoryArchive Description
'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
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
2015
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Anniversary Essays on Alexander Pope's The Rape of the Lock 2015; (p. 150-166) -
Sophie Gee
2008
single work
column
— Appears in: The (Sydney) Magazine , March no. 59 2008; (p. 128-129) -
Untitled
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 5 October no. 5453 2007; (p. 21)
— Review of The Scandal of the Season 2007 single work novel -
Two Sides to the Story : Against
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 1-2 September 2007; (p. 30)
— Review of The Scandal of the Season 2007 single work novel -
Two Sides to the Story : For
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 1-2 September 2007; (p. 30)
— Review of The Scandal of the Season 2007 single work novel
-
Forbidden Fruit in a Seductive Age
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 12 - 13 May 2007; (p. 22)
— Review of The Scandal of the Season 2007 single work novel -
Doomed Love Fails to Make the Cut
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 26 May 2007; (p. 16)
— Review of The Scandal of the Season 2007 single work novel -
Ambitious Recipe Not Quite (Cr)edible
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 26-27 May 2007; (p. 13)
— Review of The Scandal of the Season 2007 single work novel -
Fiction
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 2 June 2007; (p. 27)
— Review of Charlotte and the Starlet 2007 single work children's fiction ; The Scandal of the Season 2007 single work novel -
Wit Salts an Age of Artifice
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 2-3 June 2007; (p. 34)
— Review of The Scandal of the Season 2007 single work novel -
A Keen Wit Turned on an Age of Indulgence
2007
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 19-20 May 2007; (p. 30-31) -
Sophie Gee
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
2015
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Anniversary Essays on Alexander Pope's The Rape of the Lock 2015; (p. 150-166)
-
London,
cEngland,ccUnited Kingdom (UK),cWestern Europe, Europe,
- 1700-1799
- 1711