plays whist: The rubber was conducted with all that gravity of deportment and sedateness of demeanour which befit the pursuit entitled “whist”—a solemn observance, to which, as it appears to us, the title of “game” has been very irreverently and ignominiously applied In In Search of Lost Time, Marcel Proust describes a game of whist played by a group of dinner guests, one of whom is ridiculed for not knowing the rules. In Great Expectations, Pip plays whist at Miss Havisham's house. In Lalka (The Doll), by Bolesław Prus, whist is mentioned in several scenes; Stanisław Wokulski and Tomasz Łęcki play for money. August Wilson's Seven Guitars In culture In All American Chump (1936) math whiz Elmer (Stuart Erwin) mentions he plays whist, and is so good that nobody in his hometown will play with him because he always wins. In The Young Victoria when Lord Melbourne tries to provide advice to Prince Albert, the Prince tells him, "Lord Melbourne, forgive me but you seem to have confused me with a member of your club. I am not your drinking companion nor your whist partner. I am the husband of your sovereign. And as such, I will make my own decisions, and I neither seek nor invite your advice. Good evening." In 2018's The Favourite, Abigail Hill is mentioned to have become impoverished after her father lost their fortune at whist, along with various other references throughout. In series 5 of the television show Peaky Blinders, Tommy Shelby recalls a story of his time in France during The Great War while threatening a Member of Parliament who refuses to pay him in full for a hired killing. "I spent a long time waiting for the cavalry, me. One time, me and my comrades waited three days. When the cavalry finally came, an officer on the back of a fine white horse joked that he’d been delayed playing a game of whist. So, I took out my Webley revolver and I shot him in the head, stole his horse, reported him for cowardice. All for a game of chance." See also Euchre Bridge Napoleon Skat Solo whist Tarneeb Vint 42 References Bibliography External links Rules of Card Games: Whist Whist Counters, Whist Markers Whist on the Internet Archive (includes a number of 19th century manuals) A short treatise on the game of whist by Edmond Hoyle (1743) The Laws and Principles