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The Social Life of Books: Reading Together in the Eighteenth-Century Home

by Abigail Williams

2017 351 pages eng

"A vivid exploration of the evolution of reading as an essential social and domestic activity during the eighteenth century. 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 li…

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