Gambling [ Games & Sports ]
… Random (1748), while on the other hand the gambler who makes an income through her or his activities runs through the novel, from Defoe’s Moll Flanders (1722) to Thackeray’s Barry Lyndon (1844), set in the eighteenth century, which … and the Chevalier as ruthless gamesters. By contrast with his son, Sir Charles Grandison, in Richardson ’s eponymous novel, Sir Thomas embodies a type of masculinity based on gambling, betting on horses, and debts of honour. Smollett’s … in Mansfield Park , cannot provide his brother Edmund with a living because of his gambling debts. Gambling enables the novel to explore issues of risk, chance, and probability. 29 Image Legend Gambling debt of Daniel Nedriff, 1764, TNA, E …
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