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The Beggar's Opera
John Gay · 1728
Original text in English.
Thieves and fences sing tunes that all London knew, in place of the gods of opera.
Theatre · 4 parts · about 18 000 words · about 1 h 20 of reading
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John Gay († 1732): public-domain work. The text is that of the Project Gutenberg e-book (no. 2421). Erostrate has not changed a single word: only the layout and the division into pages are ours.
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