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Working-Class Writers and the Art of Escapology in Victorian England: The Case of Thomas Frost

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Peter Gurney
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Journal of British Studies , Volume 45 , Issue 1 , January 2006 , pp. 51 - 71
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48 This work was first published as a penny serial by Purkess. Frost's name appeared on the title page of the bound edition (probably the first time he had seen his name in print), and he thanked readers for their “most flattering” reception of the novel in the preface.

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99 Frost, Circus Life, 173.