‘Some powerful accounts of the coming of the railways are to be found in English novels, but the railways also shaped the development of fiction in material ways. W H Smith and Sons developed on railway concourses (the first outlet was opened at Euston in 1848), selling cheaply priced novels. The firm sponsored two shilling reprints of successful novels. Special ‘railway editions’ were marketed by other publishers for reading on trains – notably George Routledge’s ‘Railway library’ of one shilling reprints. Novel reading and rail travel became closely connected. As the railway network grew, so did W H Smith’s bookselling business: by the end of the century it had well over 1000 station bookstalls.’
https://www.bl.uk/romantics-and-victorians/articles/railways-in-victorian-fiction
And reading a book on a train when it’s raining outside just feels so cosy.
Milly Space 
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Thank you. I really enjoyed writing this blog post. Milly.
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I almost never comment, however i did a few searching and wound
up here Reading on the Railways – Milly Space.
And I actually do have a few questions for you if it’s allright.
Is it only me or does it look like a few of these remarks come across like
left by brain dead visitors? 😛 And, if you are writing on additional sites, I’d like to follow everything fresh you have to post.
Could you make a list of the complete urls of your shared pages like your twitter feed, Facebook page or linkedin profile?
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Hiya. I really only write on my blog, which links in to my twitter page- @brookermilly. ‘Reading on the Railway’s is one of my favourite posts. I love a road/ rail trip.
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Hey! Quick question that’s completely off topic.
Do you know how to make your site mobile friendly? My web site
looks weird when browsing from my iphone. I’m trying to find a template or plugin that might be able to correct this
issue. If you have any recommendations, please share.
Thank you!
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