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libraries, circulating
libraries, circulating, libraries from which, for a fee, books were borrowed by the public. The first appears to have been A. Ramsay's founded in Edinburgh in 1726, and the system flourished for over two centuries. It greatly stimulated the production of books, particularly of novels, but there was also a strong link between Dissent, the self-education of the lower classes, and the circulating library, as J. Priestley noted. The great new libraries of the 19th cent., Mudie's, W. H. Smith's, and Boots, exercised a powerful censorship. The three-volume novel of the middle and late 19th cent. was largely supported by these libraries, and died out at the end of the century when they no longer wanted it. The chief circulating libraries of this century were closed by 1970, and replaced by the system of Book Clubs.
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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "libraries, circulating." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "libraries, circulating." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-librariescirculating.html MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "libraries, circulating." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-librariescirculating.html |
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circulating library
circulating library a library with books lent for a small fee to subscribers; the first circulating library was set up in Edinburgh in the early 18th century, and in the 18th and 19th centuries the system proved extremely popular, with the rise of such establishments as Mudie's Lending Library. The circulating library was particularly associated with a taste for popular fiction.
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "circulating library." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "circulating library." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-circulatinglibrary.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "circulating library." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-circulatinglibrary.html |
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circulating libraries
circulating libraries, see libraries, circulating.
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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "circulating libraries." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "circulating libraries." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-circulatinglibraries.html MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "circulating libraries." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-circulatinglibraries.html |
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