{"product_id":"harriss-list-of-covent-garden-ladies-1788","title":"Harris's List of Covent Garden Ladies 1788","description":"\u003cp\u003ePublished annually from 1757 to 1795, Harris's List of Covent Garden Ladies was a notorious directory of prostitutes working in London at a time when it is claimed one in five women made a living from selling sex.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe descriptions for each lady generally include the address she can be found and a description of her attributes along with her expected remuneration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAlthough usually complimentary some of the descriptions are critical of bad habits or occasionally derisory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe directories were published anonymously, but it is thought that the original lists were written by Samuel Derrick a Dublin born \"hack\" writer, although they continued after his death in 1769.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOnly nine editions are known to have survived 1761, 1764, 1773, 1774, 1779, 1788, 1789, 1790 and 1793.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe 2017 drama Harlots opens with one of the lead characters returning to a brothel with a copy of the list from which many of the characters were drawn.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksWholesale","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44225865351329,"sku":"9780244901608","price":29.87,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0462\/1120\/3233\/files\/19eq59gk-front-shortedge-384_4554a42d-06a9-4885-b951-791ac0867fda.jpg?v=1718420881","url":"https:\/\/bookswholesale.myshopify.com\/products\/harriss-list-of-covent-garden-ladies-1788","provider":"BooksWholesale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}