Dickens and the workhouse : Oliver Twist and the London poor /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Richardson, Ruth.
Imprint:	Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Description:	1 online resource (xix, 370 pages) : illustrations, facsimiles
Language:	English
Subject:	Dickens, Charles, -- 1812-1870 -- Homes and haunts -- England -- London. Dickens, Charles, -- 1812-1870 -- Settings. Dickens, Charles, -- 1812-1870 Workhouses -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century. Poverty -- History. Homes. Poverty. Setting (Literature) Social conditions Workhouses. London (England) -- Social conditions -- 19th century. England -- London. Electronic books. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11146333

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ISBN:	9780191624124 0191624128 1280594594 9781280594595 9780199645886 0199645884
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	The recent discovery that as a young man Charles Dickens lived only a few doors from a major London workhouse made headlines worldwide, and the campaign to save the workhouse from demolition caught the public imagination. Internationally, the media immediately grasped the idea that Oliver Twist's workhouse had been found, and made public the news that both the workhouse and Dickens's old home were still standing, near London's Telecom Tower. This book, by the historian who did the sleuthing behind these exciting new findings, presents the story for the first time, and shows that the two period.
Other form:	Print version: Richardson, Ruth. Dickens and the workhouse. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012 9780199645886

Table of Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Introduction: Oliver Twist and the Workhouse; 1. Discovery: Threat, Puzzle, Silences; 2. Vicinity: Environs of Gentility, Environs of Poverty; 3. Institutions: Hospital and Workhouse; 4. Home: House, Landlord, Shop, Inside, Upstairs, Downstairs; 5. Street: Looking Down and Around; 6. Calamity: Sheerness, Chatham, Camden Town, Marshalsea, Somers Town; 7. Young Dickens: Return to Norfolk Street, Young Professional, First Essays; 8. Workhouse: St Paul's Parish, Farming the Infant Poor, Paul Pry, Parliament.

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