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A narrative of the life of Mrs. Charlotte Charke: (youngest daughter of Colley Cibber, Esq;) ... written by herself.

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A narrative of the life of Mrs. Charlotte Charke: (youngest daughter of Colley Cibber, Esq;) ... written by herself.
Author
Charke, Charlotte, 1713-1760.
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London :: printed for W. Reeve; A. Dodd; E. Cook,
1755.
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"A narrative of the life of Mrs. Charlotte Charke: (youngest daughter of Colley Cibber, Esq;) ... written by herself." In the digital collection Eighteenth Century Collections Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/004842197.0001.000. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 4, 2025.

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A NARRATIVE of the LIFE OF Mrs. CHARLOTTE CHARKE, (Youngest Daughter of COLLEY CIBBER, Esq) CONTAINING,

  • I. An Account of her Birth, Education, and mad Pranks committed in her Youth.
  • II. Her coming on the Stage; Success there; and sundry Theatrical Anecdotes.
  • III. Her Marriage to Mr. Charke, and its Consequences.
  • IV. Her Adventures in Mens Cloaths, and being belov'd by a Lady of great For|tune, who intended to marry her.
  • V. Her being Gentle|man to a certain Peer.
  • VI. Her commencing Strolling - Player; with various and sur|prizing Vicissitudes of Fortune, during nine Years Peregrination.
  • VII. Her turning Pastry Cook, &c. in Wales. With several extreme|ly humourous and in|teresting Occurrences.
Written by HERSELF.

This Tragic Story, or this Comic Jest,May make you laugh, or cry—As you like best.
Prologue to The What d'ye Call It.

LONDON: Printed for W. Reeve, in Fleet-Street; A. Dodd, in the Strand; and E. Cook, at the Royal-Exchange. M. DCC. LV.

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