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A nation of readers: the lending library in Georgian England
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0712349677 (hbk.)
9780712349673 (hbk.)
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Allan, David 1964-
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A nation of readers : the lending library in Georgian England / [by] David Allan
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London : British Library, 2008
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xiii, 281 p. ; ill. (b&w) ; 26 cm.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-264) and index.
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'A taste of polite writing': readers and reading in Georgian England -- 'An able tutor and agreeable companion': book clubs and reading societies -- 'An ample fund of amusement and instruction': the subscription libraries -- 'Inlets of vice and debauchery': the circulating libraries -- 'Our publick library': other institutional collections -- 'I have not read so many books for nothing': reading and the making of a polite public.
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Books and reading -- England -- History -- 18th century
Books and reading -- England -- History -- 19th century
Libraries -- Great Britain -- History
Libraries -- England -- History
Public libraries -- England -- History
Subscription libraries -- England -- History -- 18th century
Subscription libraries -- England -- History -- 19th century
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Libraries -- England -- History -- 18th century
Libraries -- England -- History -- 19th century
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