In the early nineteenth century there was a sudden vogue for novels
centering on the glamour of aristocratic social and political life.
Such novels, attractive as they were to middle-class readers, were
condemned by contemporary critics as dangerously seductive, crassly
commercial, designed for the 'masses' and utterly unworthy of
regard. Until recently, silver-fork novels have eluded serious
consideration and been overshadowed by authors such as Jane Austen.
They were influenced by Austen at their very deepest levels, but
were paradoxically drummed out of history by the very canon-makers
who were using Austen's name to establish their own legitimacy.
This first modern full-length study of the silver-fork novel argues
that these novels were in fact tools of persuasion, novels
deliberately aimed at bringing the British middle classes into an
alliance with an aristocratic program of political reform.
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