Abstract
This paper examines two copies of The Fortunes of Nigel by Sir Walter Scott, exploring the novel’s transformation from a three-volume book published by Archibald Constable & Co. in Edinburgh in 1822 to a cheap yellowback published by James Campbell & Son in Toronto in 1866. By investigating the history of the spaces in which such three-volume novels and yellowbacks would have been purchased and read, while simultaneously considering the material qualities of these formats, it is possible to make clear connections between Victorian railway culture and the contemporary literary world. These books stand as material evidence of the far-reaching impact of the railway on nineteenth-century book publishing.
Highlights
This paper examines two copies of The Fortunes of Nigel by Sir Walter Scott, exploring the novel’s transformation from a three-volume book published by Archibald Constable & Co. in Edinburgh in 1822 to a cheap yellowback published by James Campbell & Son in Toronto in 1866
The transformation of The Fortunes of Nigel, from its initial form as a three-volume novel published by Archibald Constable & Co. in Edinburgh to a cheap yellowback published by James
By investigating the history of the spaces in which such three-volume novels and yellowbacks would have been purchased and read, while simultaneously considering the material qualities of these formats, it is possible to trace a clear trajectory of Victorian railway culture and note its lasting impact on the literary world
Summary
This paper examines two copies of The Fortunes of Nigel by Sir Walter Scott, exploring the novel’s transformation from a three-volume book published by Archibald Constable & Co. in Edinburgh in 1822 to a cheap yellowback published by James Campbell & Son in Toronto in 1866. Forty-four years after the first publication of The Fortunes of Nigel, a cheap, single-volume copy of The Fortunes of Nigel is published by James Campbell & Son as part of a series of books by Sir Walter Scott, 3 long-recognized as the author of the Waverley novels.
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