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A bestseller in 1859, Self-Help became one of Victorian Britain's most important statements on the allied virtues of hard work, thrift, and perseverance. Smiles's book is the precursor of today's motivational and self-improvement literature and encapsulated the aspirational Victorian desire for social advancement.

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    A Paperback / softback by Samuel Smiles, Peter W. Sinnema

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      Publisher: Oxford University Press
      Publication Date: 11/09/2008
      ISBN13: 9780199552450, 978-0199552450
      ISBN10: 0199552452
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      History European history European history: medieval period, middle ages Social and cultural history

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      Book Synopsis
      A bestseller in 1859, Self-Help became one of Victorian Britain's most important statements on the allied virtues of hard work, thrift, and perseverance. Smiles's book is the precursor of today's motivational and self-improvement literature and encapsulated the aspirational Victorian desire for social advancement.

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