Author : Jessica Richard
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230307272
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis The Romance of Gambling in the Eighteenth-Century British Novel by : Jessica Richard
Download or read book The Romance of Gambling in the Eighteenth-Century British Novel written by Jessica Richard and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-05-17 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.