A simpleton : a story of the day

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Metadata

Title

Author

Reade, Charles, 1814-1884

Publisher

London : Chatto & Windus

Date

1886?

Description

Publisher's advertisements appear after text, dated March, 1886.

In original publisher's binding, paper covered boards; advertisement for Pears soap on back cover; advertisements on pastedowns and flyleaves.

From the book itself: “There is nothing like suffering to enlighten the giddy brain, widen the narrow mind, improve the trivial heart.” From Harper’s New Monthly Magazine: “It presents many phases of life, from that of a London physician and his class to that of men engaged in opening up Southern Africa through diamond-digging . . .”

Relation

Also available in digital form through HathiTrust Digital Library.

http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/312672.html

Format

vii, 343 p. ; 19 cm.

Language

eng

Type

Yellowbacks

Publishers' advertisements

Publishers' paper bindings (Binding)

Provenance

Athenaeum's copy stamped on t.p.: "Received Apr 4 1888 The Athenaeum."

Citation

Reade, Charles, 1814-1884, “A simpleton : a story of the day,” Yellowbacks, accessed April 26, 2024, http://omeka.philaathenaeum.org/yellowbacks/items/show/310.