Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1 Pygmalionesses and the pencil under the petticoat: Richardson, Johnson and Byron
- 2 What should girls and women read?
- 3 The pleasures and perils of reading
- 4 Pleasures and perils of reading: some case histories
- 5 Where and how should women read?
- 6 Preparing for equality: class, gender, reading
- 7 A dangerous recreation: women and novel-reading
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Select bibliography
- Index
Select bibliography
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 October 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1 Pygmalionesses and the pencil under the petticoat: Richardson, Johnson and Byron
- 2 What should girls and women read?
- 3 The pleasures and perils of reading
- 4 Pleasures and perils of reading: some case histories
- 5 Where and how should women read?
- 6 Preparing for equality: class, gender, reading
- 7 A dangerous recreation: women and novel-reading
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Select bibliography
- Index
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- Women's Reading in Britain, 1750–1835A Dangerous Recreation, pp. 260 - 284Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1999