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A Feeling for Books: The Book-of-the-Month Club, Literary Taste, and Middle-Class Desire New Edition
Author(s): Janice A. Radway (Author)
- Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
- Publication Date: 31 Oct. 1997
- Edition: New
- Language: English
- Print length: 448 pages
- ISBN-10: 0807823570
- ISBN-13: 9780807823576
Book Description
A history of the Book-of-the-Month Club from its founding in 1926, which suggests that the books recommended by the club have been instrumental in forming literary taste in America and in defining the desires of the middle class. The author also reflects on the role of the club in her own life.
