The Romance of Gambling in the Eighteenth-Century British Novel /

Gambling permeated the daily lives of eighteenth-century Britons of all classes. This book explicates the relationship between the rampant gambling in eighteenth-century England, the new forms of gambling-inspired capitalism that transformed British society, and novels that interrogate the new socio...

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Main Author:	Richard, Jessica (Author)
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Series:	Palgrave studies in the Enlightenment, romanticism and cultures of print.
Subjects:	Literature. British and Irish Literature. Cultural Theory. Early Modern/Renaissance Literature. Fiction. Literary Theory. Social History. British literature. Culture > Study and teaching. Literature > Philosophy. Literature, Modern. Social history. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book