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 century Two centuries before the advent of radio, television, and motion pictures, books were a cherished form of popular entertain...

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