George Routledge & Sons

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George Routledge & Sons was a prominent 19th-century British publishing house known for producing affordable popular literature and reference works.

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George Routledge 3
George Routledge & Sons canonical 3
George Routledge and Sons 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book publisher
publishing house
activeInCentury 19th century
20th century
basedIn London, England
businessArea reference publishing
trade publishing
businessModel low-cost editions
mass-market publishing
country United Kingdom
era Victorian era
focus high-volume sales
low unit price
foundedBy George Routledge & Sons self-linksurface differs
surface form: George Routledge
hasFormat cheap paper editions
hardcover books
hasGenre popular literature
reference literature
hasNameComponent Routledge & Kegan Paul
surface form: Routledge

Sons
hasPublisher George Routledge & Sons self-linksurface differs
surface form: George Routledge
hasReputation pioneer of cheap popular books
prominent 19th-century publisher
historicalSignificance contributed to mass literacy in Britain
expanded access to literature through low prices
inception 1830s
industry publishing
languageOfWork English
location London, England
surface form: London
namedAfter George Routledge & Sons self-linksurface differs
surface form: George Routledge
notableFor affordable popular literature
cheap reprints of fiction
reference works
series publishing
operatedIn 19th-century Britain
Victorian publishing market
partOf British publishing industry
product books
popular fiction
reference books
regionServed British Empire
United Kingdom
specializesIn cheap editions
reprint series
targetAudience general reading public
working-class readers
typeOfBusiness family-owned company

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