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First published 2026
Cover image: F. Lloyds, ‘Drawing of scenery in theatrical production of Henry V, The Shower of Gold’, London, England, 1859, © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
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Names: Marshall, Gail, 1965- author
Title: Britain in 1859 : custom, history, modernity / Gail Marshall.
Description: Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2026. | Series: Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2026011906 (print) | LCCN 2026011907 (ebook) | ISBN 9781009739054 hardback | ISBN 9781009739016 paperback | ISBN 9781009739030 epub
Subjects: LCSH: English literature--19th century--History and criticism | Literature and society--Great Britain--History--19th century | Great Britain--History--Victoria, 1837-1901 | Eighteen fifty-nine, A.D. | LCGFT: Literary criticism
Classification: LCC PR461 .M333 2026(print) | LCC PR461(ebook) | DDC 820.9/008--dc23/eng/20260414
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