The Romance of Gambling in the Eighteenth-Century British Novel

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.

Author: Jessica Richard
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 05/17/2011
Pages: 201
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.40w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780230278875

About the Author
JESSICA RICHARD is Associate Professor of English at Wake Forest University, USA. She has published articles on Rasselas, Belinda, and Frankenstein. She is the editor of The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia (Broadview, 2008).