“Who Can Estimate the Value of a Book!”: Buying and Owning Books in Antebellum Domestic Fiction
This paper explores the role of books in American antebellum domestic fiction. Written primarily for middle-class readers, domestic fiction offers advice on how to create an ideal home and in these ideal homes the presence of books is necessary. In an era plagued by a volatile national economy, mone...
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European journal of American studies
2017
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