The+Rose+Questions+for+Discussion

//**The Rose: or Affection's Gift for 1847 **//


 * QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION: **

1. Based on the knowledge that the covers of gift books were often publisher-made, and consisted of cloth and stamped-gilt, what would //The Rose//'s original cover have possibly looked like and how would it have contributed to the style and meaning of the work as a whole?

2. What social, cultural and/or economic factors might have caused the popularity of gift books to decline in the 1860's?

3. How were gift books meant to be read? As a form of enjoyment and leisure? As exemplifying proper morals?

4. Why were gift books such a popular gift during the early to mid 1800's? What about them might have appealed to their audience?

5. Is the tradition of gift books continued in our culture and society today?