The rise and fall of the Victorian three-volume novel / Troy J. Bassett.

Intro
Epigraph
Acknowledgements
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
1 Introduction
2 The Production of Multi-volume Fiction, 1837-1898
At the Circulating Library: A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837-1901
Titles
Authors
Serializations
General Production of Multi-volume Fiction, 1837-1898
Format and Price
Authors
Publishers
Serialization
Conclusion
3 Publishing the Three-Volume Novel: The Experience of Richard Bentley and Son
Richard Bentley, 1865-1870
Richard Bentley and Son, 1885
Richard Bentley and Son, 1890
Conclusion

4 Buying, Renting, and Selling the Multi-volume Novel: The Economics of W. H. Smith and Son's Subscription Library
The Operation of W. H. Smith and Son's Subscription Library
The Accounts of W. H. Smith and Son's Subscription Library
The Libraries' Ultimatum of 1894
Coda: Reactions to the Libraries' Ultimatum
5 De-monopolizing Literary Space: Alternatives to the Three-Volume Novel
Robert Louis Stevenson and the New Romance
George Moore and Literary Censorship
J. W. Arrowsmith, T. Fisher Unwin, and Series Publication
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index