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Nightmare of a Victorian Bestseller: Martin Tupper's Proverbial Philosophy
Short Books (2002)
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This is a portrait of Martin Tupper, the quintessential Victorian, who, in in 1842, wrote the first of a series entitled "Proverbial Philosophy", a moral self-improvement manual. Full of hearty evangelism, the title became a multi-million bestseller.Other Versions
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