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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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Bibliographic Details
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
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Summary: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-economy of long odds and lucky breaks.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (XI, 201 pages)
ISBN:9780230307278
DOI:10.1057/9780230307278