The Romance of Gambling in the Eighteenth-Century British Novel

The Romance of Gambling in the Eighteenth-Century British Novel
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 213
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ISBN-10 : 9780230307278
ISBN-13 : 0230307272
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Book Synopsis The Romance of Gambling in the Eighteenth-Century British Novel by : Jessica Richard

Download or read book The Romance of Gambling in the Eighteenth-Century British Novel written by Jessica Richard and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-05-17 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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