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- catalog abstract ""Gambling in the Nineteenth-Century English Novel explores the theme of gambling in a wide range of nineteenth-century English novels, including works by Benjamin Disraeli, Charles Dickens, William Makepeace Thackeray, George Eliot, Thomas Hardy, Anthony Trollope and George Moore. By examining the representation of gambling in the novels themselves and the role that gambling played in the lives of the individual novelists, the work highlights the significance of gambling in the novels within the wider context of the development of Victorian society."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12965735.
- catalog created "2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2003.".
- catalog description ""Gambling in the Nineteenth-Century English Novel explores the theme of gambling in a wide range of nineteenth-century English novels, including works by Benjamin Disraeli, Charles Dickens, William Makepeace Thackeray, George Eliot, Thomas Hardy, Anthony Trollope and George Moore. By examining the representation of gambling in the novels themselves and the role that gambling played in the lives of the individual novelists, the work highlights the significance of gambling in the novels within the wider context of the development of Victorian society."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 242-251) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction: 'The most prevalent vice of the age' -- Gambling in nineteenth-century England: gambling, leisure and Crockford's Club, 1828-1844 -- 'A dissipated career': Benjamin Disraeli and a failing aristocracy -- 'Tumult and frenzy reigned supreme': Charles Dickens's gambling characters -- 'Gambler, windler, murderer': William Makepeace Thackeray's losses and gains -- 'Lose strikingly': Gamblin with life in George Eliot -- 'Doctrines of chance': gambling as the universal trope in Thomas Hardy -- 'A real gentleman should never want the money out of another man's pocket': Anthony Trollope, gambling and class distinction -- 'One law for the rich and another for the poor': George Moore's working gamblers -- Conclusion -- Appendix I, Glossary of gambling terms -- Appendix II, 'A leprosy is o'er the land'.".
- catalog extent "viii, 254 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Gambling in the nineteenth-century English novel.".
- catalog identifier "1903900182".
- catalog isFormatOf "Gambling in the nineteenth-century English novel.".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Brighton, England ; Portland, Or. : Sussex Academic Press,".
- catalog relation "Gambling in the nineteenth-century English novel.".
- catalog subject "823/.809355 21".
- catalog subject "English fiction 19th century History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Gambling in literature.".
- catalog subject "PR868.G32 F58 2003".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: 'The most prevalent vice of the age' -- Gambling in nineteenth-century England: gambling, leisure and Crockford's Club, 1828-1844 -- 'A dissipated career': Benjamin Disraeli and a failing aristocracy -- 'Tumult and frenzy reigned supreme': Charles Dickens's gambling characters -- 'Gambler, windler, murderer': William Makepeace Thackeray's losses and gains -- 'Lose strikingly': Gamblin with life in George Eliot -- 'Doctrines of chance': gambling as the universal trope in Thomas Hardy -- 'A real gentleman should never want the money out of another man's pocket': Anthony Trollope, gambling and class distinction -- 'One law for the rich and another for the poor': George Moore's working gamblers -- Conclusion -- Appendix I, Glossary of gambling terms -- Appendix II, 'A leprosy is o'er the land'.".
- catalog title "Gambling in the nineteenth-century English novel : "a leprosy is o'er the land" / Michael Flavin.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".