Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and Cultures of Print

Richard, Jessica

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.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2011-05-17

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780230278875

DOI: 10.1057/9780230307278

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 201