The Romance of Gambling in the Eighteenth-Century British Novel

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Nonfiction, History
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Author: Jessica Richard ISBN: 9780230307278
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK Publication: May 17, 2011
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Language: English
Author: Jessica Richard
ISBN: 9780230307278
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication: May 17, 2011
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Language: English

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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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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