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Gambling in the Nineteenth-Century English Novel
'A Leprosy is o'er the Land'

Michael Flavin
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“In this clear and informative study, social history meets Literary Criticism & Linguistics in a concise and useful form. Recommended.” Choice

“Dr Flavin’s meticulous study of gambling in its various forms in Victorian fiction ranges from the novel to literary biography, social history, politics and popular science. Opening new and intriguing perspectives on the subject, Flavin reveals gambling and chance as the dark alternatives to progressive evolution in the consciousness of the age.” Louis James, Emeritus Professor, University of Kent at Canterbury

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.

Gambling in the Nineteenth-Century English Novel not only provides fresh readings of established texts within a distinctive social and cultural context, but is also a comprehensive barometer of the social history of the time as attitudes towards leisure changed.

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