BRA1654

Title

Subject

Description

One of More's "Cheap Repository Tracts," the facetious title momentarily conceals More's effort to discourage London's poor from risking their money in games of chance. The moralizing text tells the story of one John Brown, who after playing the lottery falls into financial and moral ruin that leads to his imprisonment and execution.

Creator

More, Hannah, 1745–1833.

Source

BRA1654. Hannah More (1745–1833). The Wonderful Advantages of Adventuring in the Lottery!!! London: Sold by John Marshall, Printer to the Cheap Repository for Moral and Religious Tracts, [1797].

Relation

British

Format

Displayed as .jpg

Language

English

Type

Cheap Repository Tract

Collection

Fifty Women

Citation

More, Hannah, 1745–1833. , “BRA1654,” Bridwell Library Special Collections Exhibitions, accessed October 13, 2026, https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/1586.