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Dickens and the workhouse: Oliver Twist and the London poor

By Ruth , Dickens , Charles;Richardson

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press
ISBN
9780199645886, 0199645884, 9780199681280, 0199681287
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
6 MB (6224668 bytes)
Edition
1st publ. in paperback, impr. : 1
Pages
XIX, [1], 370 s. : il. ; 20 cm\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
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Description

Introduction 1. Discovery: threat, silences, discovery, Dickens' first London home 2. Vicinity: environs of gentility, Norfolk-street, medical charity, environs of poverty 3. Home: house, landlord, inside, views: upstairs/downstairs 4. Street: looking down, and around 5. Calamity: gap years, catastrophe, blacking factory, Marshalsea, Somers Town, schooling 6. Young Dickens: Return to Norfolk Street: clerk, young professional, Parliament, first essays 7. Workhouse: government/management 8. Works: family moves, Sketches by Boz, Oliver Twist, Marylebone borders, human heaps 9. Poor Law: visitor, doctor, master, commission, change 10. The Most Famous Workhouse in the World Notes Index

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