Now available for the first time in paperback, Reading Smell in Eighteenth-Century Fiction examines how far the novel can be understood through a reintroduction of olfactory information and considers how the recovery of forgotten or overlooked olfactory assumptions might reshape our understanding of canonical works by authors like Swift, Smollett, Richardson, Burney, Austen, and Lewis.

Acknowledgments                                                                               
 
Introduction: The Ghost of a Perfume, the Challenge
of Recovery                                                                                          
 
1. Clouds of Smoke, Huffs of Snuff: The Smells of Tobacco                  
 
2. Running to the Smelling-Bottle                                                       
 
3. The Smell of Other People                                                               
 
4. The Age of Sulfur                                                                                 
 
Conclusion: The Great Unscenting                                                      
 
Notes                                                                                                   
 
Bibliography                                                                                        
 
Index                                                                                                    
 
About the Author

EMILY C. FRIEDMAN is an associate professor of English at Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama.