by Clive King when Barney and his sister attend a fancy dress party; in D H Lawrence's Sons and Lovers (1913), where Gertrude Morel is reported never to have learned the dance; and in Anthony Trollope's novel Can You Forgive Her? Vol. 2 Ch. IX. The tune was used by Frank Bridge in 1922 as the basis of a work for strings titled Sir Roger de Coverly (A Christmas Dance). H. E. Bates used the name Sir Roger to refer to a real hunted fox in the novel Love for Lydia. Sir Roger de Coverley was also the name of a character in The Spectator (1711), created by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele. An English squire of Queen Anne's reign. Sir Roger exemplified the values of an old country gentleman, and was portrayed as lovable but somewhat ridiculous ('rather beloved than esteemed') (Spectator no. 2), making his Tory politics seem harmless but silly. He was said to be the grandson of the man who invented the dance. Thomas Pynchon, in his 1973 novel, Gravity's Rainbow, includes a character, DeCoverly Pox. The name is a likely play on "DeCoverley" and Roger the fox of the eponymous dance. See also List of Scottish country dances References External links The annotated Sir Roger de Coverley The Complete System of Sir Roger De Coverley at the Library of Congress Dance Instruction Manual collection English country dance Scottish country dance Literary characters Charles Dickens