The World in Play tells the story of how certain Victorian literary misfits--working-class melodramatists of the 1830s, the reclusive Emily Bront???, free-spirits Robert Louis Stevenson and John Muir, mischievous Oscar Wilde, among others--struggled to find their bearings in a modern world trapped, like Alice, in play, in a ludic microcosm of itself.
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The World in Play tells the story of how certain Victorian literary misfits--working-class melodramatists of the 1830s, the reclusive Emily Bront???, free-spirits Robert Louis Stevenson and John Muir, mischievous Oscar Wilde, among others--struggled to find their bearings in a modern world trapped, like Alice, in play, in a ludic microcosm of itself.
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Add this copy of The World in Play: Portraits of a Victorian Concept to cart. $22.11, very good condition, Sold by Midtown Scholar Bookstore rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Harrisburg, PA, UNITED STATES, published 2011 by Stanford University Press.
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Used Good in Good jacket. Dust Jacket has some edge and corner wear, some scuffing, but still intact. Front and back covers have light wear to edges and corners. Spine intact, some wear. Binding is intact. Some pages have light pencil underlining. Clearly a pre-owned and used copy but still in readable condition. Firefly Bookstore sells items online and in our store front. We try to add images and descriptions when we can, but if you need additional information or photos of the books we list, please contact us.
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