Factory Girl, Apprentice and Clerk: The Readership of Mass-Market Magazines, 1830-60

Reference Type Journal Article
Year of Publication
1992
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Journal
Victorian Periodicals Review
Volume
25
Issue
Summer
Pagination
64-72
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Annotation
Explores the readership of four popular mid-19th-century British weekly magazines: The Penny Magazine (1832-1845), The London Journal (1845-1906), Reynolds's Miscellany (1846-1865), and Cassell's Illustrated Family Paper (1853-1932). Focuses on working class and women readers.