The social life of books: Reading together in the eighteenth-century home
<p>Two centuries before the advent of radio, television, and motion pictures, books were a cherished form of popular entertainment and an integral component of domestic social life. In this fascinating and vivid history, Abigail Williams explores the ways in which shared reading shaped the liv...
Main Author: | Williams, A |
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Format: | Book |
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Yale University Press
2017
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