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Turned to Account is a groundbreaking study that focuses on the popular genre of criminal biography, examining how it played upon and reflected English society's fears and interest in aberrant behavioUr. Faller examines ways in which ordinary Englishmen read, wrote, and presumably thought on the subject of criminal actions and character.Faller, Lincoln B. is the author of 'Turned to Account The Forms and Functions of English Criminal Biography in the Late 17th & Early 18th Entury England' with ISBN 9780521326728 and ISBN 0521326729.
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