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How to do things with books in Victorian Britain /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Price, Leah
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2012]
Subjects:
Books and reading > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Books > Great Britain > Psychological aspects > History > 19th century.
Books > Social aspects > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Book industries and trade > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
English fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
Books and reading in literature.
Books in literature.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Reader's block
  • Anthony Trollope and the repellent book
  • David Copperfield and the absorbent book
  • It-narrative and the book as agent
  • The book as burden : junk mail and religious tracts
  • The book as go-between : domestic servants and forced reading
  • The book as waste : Henry Mayhew and the fall of paper recycling.