单词 | railway novel |
释义 | > as lemmasrailway novel railway novel n. now historical a light novel, typically in a cheap edition, suitable for reading on a railway journey. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > kind of book > book for specific occasion > [noun] > specific Christmas book1769 lounging-booka1797 lounge-book1800 railway novel1849 birthday book?1859 livre de chevet1883 bed-book1906 pillow book1906 bedside book1920 bedside literature1920 1849 Times 14 Dec. 7/1 (heading) Railway novels. 1912 Manitoba (Winnipeg) Free Press 20 Apr. (Literary & Theatres section) 4/3 This latest addition to Stanley Paul's paper-cover ‘Colonial Library’ might be properly classified as a railway novel. 2001 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 18 June 13 The rise of the railway novel was not the rise of a genre, but the appearance of cheap books and reading material on thousands of station platforms. < as lemmas |
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