«Pettitt's monograph is an ambitious and fascinating read: deftly crafted and filled with detailed and painstaking research.»

Victoria Clarke, Durham University, British Association for Victorian Studies Newsletter

«As brilliant as the book is,...It is possible, though, that Pettitt's seriality, like the revolutions of 1848, is a scalar topic impossible to package and neatly label.»

David E. Latané, Virginia Commonwealth University, Victorian Periodicals Review 56:1