The editors have collected essays about the way readers are presented in fiction in chronological order from the 14th century to the present. These essays show how authors teach their readers about reading, and engage in debates about changing cultural issues surrounding reading.  Essayists include Daniel Sawyer, Rahel Orgis, Abigail Williams, Monika Class, Shafquat Towheed, Hannah Callahan, Lucy Sixsmith, Susan Watson, Andrew Nash, Karen Attar, K. A. Manley, Jane Suzanne Carroll. Authors discussed include Jane Austen, Bram Stoker, Thomas Hardy, Samuel Richardson, Goethe, Inchbald, Balzac, Smollett, Walter Scott, Agatha Christie, Louisa May Alcott, and many more. University of London Press. 2024. Paper. NEW. $35.00