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Reading Against the Novel
In hundreds of essays and reviews, the nineteenth-century lawyer and judge James Fitzjames Stephen considered the novel’s effects on society at a time when it was becoming the dominant form of entertainment.
Selected Writings of James Fitzjames Stephen: On the Novel and Journalism
edited by Christopher Ricks
July 18, 2024 issue