A Room of His Own : A Literary-Cultural Study of Victorian Clubland.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (332 pages)
- Series in Victorian Studies .
- Series in Victorian Studies .
Intro -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- Introduction The Man in the Club Window -- Chapter 1 A Night at the Club -- Chapter 2 Conduct Befitting a Gentleman Mid-Victorian Clubdom and the Novel -- Chapter 3 Clubland's Special Correspondents -- Chapter 4 Membership Has Its Privileges The Imperial Clubman at Home and Away -- Chapter 5 The Pleasure of Your Company in Late-Victorian Pall Mall -- Chapter 6 A World of Men An Elegy for Clubbability -- Epilogue A Room of Her Own -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
In nineteenth-century London, a clubbable man was a fortunate man, indeed. The Reform, the Athenaeum, the Travellers, the Carlton, the United Service are just a few of the gentlemen's clubs that formed the exclusive preserve known as "clubland" in Victorian London--the City of Clubs that arose during the Golden Age of Clubs.
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English literature--19th century--History and criticism. Literature and society--England--History--19th century. Clubs--England--London--History. Men--Books and reading--England--History--19th century. London (England)--Intellectual life--19th century.