Dickens and the Workhouse: Oliver Twist and the London Poor
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It's one of the best known scenes in all of literature--young Oliver Twist, with empty bowl in hand, asking Please Sir. I want some more. In Dickens and the Workhouse, historian Ruth Richardson recounts how she discovered the building that was quite possibly the model for the workhouse in Dickens' classic novel. Indeed, Richardson reveals that Dickens himself lived only a few doors down from this notorious building--once as a child and once again...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0199645884
ISBN13:9780199645886
Release Date:March 2012
Publisher:Oxford University Press (UK)
Length:392 Pages
Weight:1.36 lbs.
Dimensions:1.2" x 5.6" x 8.6"
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