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

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

Abigail Williams

368 pages first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
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A vivid exploration of the evolution of reading as an essential social and domestic activity during the eighteenth centuryTwo centuries before the advent of radio, television, and motion pictures, books were a cherished form of popular entertainme...

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