RICHARDSON, RUTH
Dickens and the Workhouse: Oliver Twist and the London Poor
Oxford, Oxford University Press. 2014, 1st Pbk Ed.. (ISBN: 0199681287) Soft cover. Book, The recent discovery that, as a young man, Charles Dickens lived only a few doors from a major London workhouse made headlines worldwide. This book, by the historian who did the sleuthing behind this exciting discovery, presents the story for the first time, and shows that the two periods during which Dickens lived in that part of London were profoundly important to his subsequent writing career. 370p. illus maps bibliography.index. As New.

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