
Complete original text
The Marylebone Penny Readings and Their Critics
by Henry Taylor
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- CEFR level
- C1
- Length
- 2 chapters
- Format
- The complete book
About this book
About this book
In Victorian London, a determined conductor fights to establish the Marylebone Penny Readings—affordable literary gatherings aimed at uplifting the working class—while confronting social criticism, financial struggles, and political opposition threatening their cultural mission.
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