Quotes from book
Peg Woffington

Peg Woffington is an 1853 novel by the British author Charles Reade. It was inspired by the popular stage play Masks and Faces which he had co-written with Tom Taylor the previous year. Reade portrayed the London success of the Irish actress Peg Woffington and featured other prominent figures of the days such as David Garrick.

“It must be confessed that a sort of halo of personal grandeur surrounds a great actress.”
Source: Peg Woffington (1853), CHAPTER I