In Literature
Rosherville is mentioned in The Newcomes (vol. 2 chapter 6) by William Makepeace Thackeray, where its Gothic Hall is singled out for its gaudiness.
It is referred to in Francis Burnand and Arthur Sullivan's 1866 comic opera Cox and Box "Visions of Brighton and back, and of ROSHERVILLE, Cheap fare excursions already the squash I feel"
It is referred to in Gilbert & Sullivan's 1877 comic opera "The Sorcerer" Act 2. Mr Wells sings "Hate me! I often go to ROSHERVILLE!"
It is referred to in P. G. Wodehouse's first Jeeves story, Jeeves Takes Charge: "There is a story about Sir Stanley Gervase-Gervase at Rosherville Gardens which is ghastly in its perfection of detail. It seems that Sir Stanley – but I can't tell you!"
It is also mentioned as a "place to spend a happy day" in chapter 13 of E. Nesbit's The Story of the Amulet.
It is further mentioned as "the place whereat to spend a happy day" in Chapter XV of R.S.S. Baden-Powell's 1915 "Memories of India".
Mentioned in "Fanny by Gaslight" Michael Sadler, 1940, Constable pp 175-176
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