Download or read book Consuming Texts written by Stephen Colclough and published by Springer. This book was released on 2007-07-12 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores the history of reading in the British Isles during a period in which the printed word became all pervasive. From wealthy readers of 'amatory fiction', through to men and women reading surreptitiously at the Victorian railway bookstall, it argues that a variety of new reading communities emerged during this period.