The Romance of Gambling in the Eighteenth-Century British Novel |
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Author:
| Richard, Jessica |
Series title: | Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and Cultures of Print Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-230-27887-5 |
Publication Date: | May 2011 |
Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan Limited
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Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $54.99 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.