The Romance of Gambling in the Eighteenth-Century British Novel

Jessica Richard

Palgrave Macmillan, 2011

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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.

ISBN-13
9781349326624
ISBN-10
1349326623
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2011
Publication date
2011-01-01
Pages
201
Dimensions
216x140x