![]() | Come, bright Improvement!: The Literary Societies of Nineteenth-Century Ontario The forerunner of today's book clubs, nineteenth-century literary societies provided a lively social and intellectual forum where people could gather and discuss books, cultural affairs, and current events. Murray Heather : Heather Murray is Associate Professor in the Department of English at the University of Toronto. |
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