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100 1 _aKnight, Charles,
_d1791-1873
245 1 4 _aThe penny magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, issue 9, May 26, 1832
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2025
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aWikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Penny_Magazine
500 _aRelease date is 2025-08-26
508 _aSteven desJardins and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"The penny magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge" was a British illustrated magazine published from 1832 to 1845. Created for the working class and sold for just one penny, it achieved remarkable early success with 200,000 copies sold and nearly one million readers in its first year. Featuring wood-engraved illustrations and educational content designed for self-improvement, the magazine aimed to spread knowledge through affordable, non-radical information. However, its dry, Whiggish approach ultimately proved less appealing than competitors offering entertainment alongside education. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cLondon: Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, 1832
653 _aEnglish periodicals
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76734
999 _c117459
_d117459