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Provincial readers in eighteenth-century England

The English novel took shape in the 18th century, but no one knows who read novels like 'Humphry Clinker' & 'Clarissa' when they were first published. Drawing on booksellers' archives & parish records, this book shows who in the Midlands actually bought novels, plays...

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Autore principale: Fergus, Jan S., 1943-
Natura: eBook
Lingua:English
Pubblicazione: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006.
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Riassunto:The English novel took shape in the 18th century, but no one knows who read novels like 'Humphry Clinker' & 'Clarissa' when they were first published. Drawing on booksellers' archives & parish records, this book shows who in the Midlands actually bought novels, plays, & fiction magazines in the 18th century.
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Descrizione fisica:1 online resource (xii, 314 p.) : ill., map.
Bibliografia:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9780191711244 (ebook) :