The autobiography of a thief, and other histories

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Metadata

Title

Author

Reade, Charles, 1814-1884

Publisher

London, Chatto and Windus

Date

1886?

Description

London: Bradbury, Agnew, & Co., printers, Whitefriars--T.p. verso.

"Two shillings"--Spine.

Date of publication estimated from date of publishers' advertisements after text.

Publisher's advertisements appear before and after text. Advertisements after the text dated May, 1886.

The autobiography of a thief -- Jack of all trades -- A hero and a martyr.

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

According to Sean Grass in The Self in the Cell, Narrating the Victorian Prisoner, p. 101: “He is careful in The Autobiography of a Thief to imitate and reveal the prison’s explicit power to control private narrative and to shape the trust about prisoner identity and desire.”

Format

2, 337, [1], 32 p. ; 18 cm.

Language

eng

Type

Yellowbacks

Publishers' advertisements 1886

Publishers' paper bindings (Binding)

Provenance

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

Citation

Reade, Charles, 1814-1884, “The autobiography of a thief, and other histories,” Yellowbacks, accessed April 16, 2024, http://omeka.philaathenaeum.org/yellowbacks/items/show/314.