
Chrysal; Or, The Adventures of a Guinea, Volume 1, by Charles Johnstone, offers a biting satirical panorama of 18th-century society through the allegorical journey of a gold coin. This early novel employs the device of a circulating guinea to expose the follies and...

Chrysal; Or, The Adventures of a Guinea, Volume 1, by Charles Johnstone, offers a biting satirical panorama of 18th-century society through the allegorical journey of a gold coin. This early novel employs the device of a circulating guinea to expose the follies and...