The Romance of Gambling in the Eighteenth-Century British Novel

By Jessica Richard

Book Overview

List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction: The Gambling Culture of Eighteenth-Century Britain 'Putting to Hazard a Certainty': Lotteries and the Romance of Gambling in Eighteenth-Century England (Sir Charles Grandison, The Excursion) Cheating, Calculation, and the Episodic Romance of Gambling (Hoyle's Short Treatise, Ferdinand Count Fathom, Amelia ) The Gambling Man of Feeling: Sublime and Sentimental Gambling ( Cecilia, The Adventures of David Simple, The Mysteries of Udolpho ) The Lady's Last Stake: Camilla and the Female Gambler Children's Games 'Abroad and at Home': Belinda, Education, and Empire The Confidence Man: Persuasion and the Romance of Risk Afterword: The Eighteenth-Century Risk Society Works Cited Index

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349326623
• ISBN13: 9781349326624
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 201 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"