The Romance of Gambling in the Eighteenth-Century British Novel
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Nonfiction, History
| 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.
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.
