Blue Book, Three-decker Novel and Minerva Library (mass Gothic reading in Britain at the turn of XVIII — XIX centuries)

Author: Zalomkina G., Doctoral Candidate of the Russian and Foreign Literature Department of the Samara State University, Candidate of Philology.
E-mail: zalom@bk.ru

Annotation: Spread of the Gothic novel in Britain at the turn of XVIII—XIX centuries marked the birth of the phenomenon of mass reading. Formats of Gothic publications was focused on different social strata: expensive three-volume editions and much more cheap and thin paperback were published. Reader’s demand was satisfied also with the libraries which number was growing rapidly. The popularity of this literature was so great that has caused advent of the publishing house specializing in the given genre, and a network of libraries under it.

Key words: success with readers, cheap edition, circulating library, women’s reading.

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