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Frontmatter -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- I. THE LITERATURE OF THE 1830s -- II. BENTHAMITE AND ANTI-BENTHAMITE FICTION -- III. THE LESSONS OF REVOLUTION -- IV. TWO RESPONSES TO CHARTISM: DICKENS AND DISRAELI -- V. THE ENTREPRENEURIAL IDEAL -- VI. CHRISTIAN SOCIALISM -- VII. LIBERAL INDIVIDUALISM: THE BROWNINGS -- VIII. THE AMBIGUITIES OF PROGRESS -- IX. REALISMS -- X. 1867 AND THE IDEA OF CULTURE -- NOTES