Dickens and the workhouse : Oliver Twist and the London poor
Richardson, Ruth2012
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Place reservation for Dickens and the workhouse : Oliver Twist and the London poorThe story of the recently discovered London workhouse that Charles Dickens lived almost next door to in the years before he wrote Oliver Twist, told by the historian who did the sleuthing behind these new findings.
Main title:
Dickens and the workhouse : Oliver Twist and the London poor / by Ruth Richardson
Author:
Imprint:
Oxford Oxford University Press 2012
Collation:
370 p. illustrations
Contents:
1. Discovery: Threat, Puzzle, Silences2. Vicinity: Environs of Gentility, Environs of Poverty3. Institutions: Hospital and Workhouse4. Home: House, Landlord, Shop, Inside, Upstairs, Downstairs5. Street: Looking Down and Around6. Calamity: Sheerness, Chatham, Camden Town, Marshalsea, Somers Town7. Young Dickens: Return to Norfolk Street, Young Professional, First Essays8. Workhouse: St Paul's Parish, Farming the Infant Poor, Paul Pry, Parliament9. Works: Contemporaries, Sketches, Spectres, Oliver Twist, Names, Echoes10. The Most Famous Workhouse in the World: Truth and FictionAPPENDIXTable 1 Chronology of Dickens's Major WorksTable 2 Chronology of Pickwick, Twist, and NicklebyTable 3 Dickens's SiblingsTable 4 Where Dickens Lived before `Boz'Table 5 Dickens's Occupations in Relation to his Addresses
ISBN:
9780199645886 (hbk)
Dewey class:
823.8 DIC
Local class:
823.8
Language:
English
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BRN:
689
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Nonfiction | 823.8 DIC | Available |
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