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Gambling in the Nineteenth-Century English Novel
Michael Flavin
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Hardcover. This text explores the theme of gambling in a range of 19th-century English novels. It examines the representation of gambling in the novels, the role that gambling played in the lives of the novelists, and gambling in the novels within the context of the development of Victorian society. Num Pages: 254 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; HBTB; JFFH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 596.
This book explores the theme of gambling in a wide range of nineteenth-century English novels. It examines the representation of gambling in the novels themselves and the role that gambling played in the lives of the individual novelists. It also considers the significance of gambling in the novels within the wider context of the development of Victorian society. Following an historical overview, the book comprises individual chapters on: Benjamin Disraeli, Charles Dickens, William Makepeace Thackeray, George Eliot, Thomas Hardy, Anthony Trollope and George Moore. Gambling in the Nineteenth-Century English Novel not only provides fresh readings of established texts within a ... Read more
This book explores the theme of gambling in a wide range of nineteenth-century English novels. It examines the representation of gambling in the novels themselves and the role that gambling played in the lives of the individual novelists. It also considers the significance of gambling in the novels within the wider context of the development of Victorian society. Following an historical overview, the book comprises individual chapters on: Benjamin Disraeli, Charles Dickens, William Makepeace Thackeray, George Eliot, Thomas Hardy, Anthony Trollope and George Moore. Gambling in the Nineteenth-Century English Novel not only provides fresh readings of established texts within a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
Number of Pages
254
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781903900185
SKU
V9781903900185
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Ref
99-14
About Michael Flavin
Michael Flavin is the author of Gambling in the Nineteenth-Century English Novel: 'A Leprosy is o'er the Land'. He has lectured at Canterbury Christ Church University College (1999-2001). He is currently Head of English at Rochester Independent College and lectures in nineteenth-century literature at the Open University.
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