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Many scholars have written about eighteenth-century English novels, but no one really knows who read them. This study provides historical data on the provincial

This collection of eight new essays investigates ways in which significant kinds of 18th-century writings were designed and received by different audiences. Riv

This collection of essays investigates ways in which significant kinds of 18th century-writings were designed and received by different audiences. It focuses on

“A lively survey…her research and insights make us conscious of how we, today, use books.”—John Sutherland, The New York Times Book Review Two centuries

The market for print steadily expanded throughout the eighteenth-century Atlantic world thanks to printers' efforts to ensure that ordinary people knew how to r