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Author:

Richardson, Ruth.

Title:

Dickens and the workhouse : Oliver Twist and the London poor / Ruth Richardson.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

xix, 370 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Dickens, Charles,--1812-1870--Homes and haunts--London.--London.
Dickens, Charles,--1812-1870--Settings.
Workhouses--London--London--History--19th century.
Poverty--History.
London (England)--Social conditions--19th century.
Dickens, Charles.
Armenhaus (Motiv)
Soziale Situation (Motiv)
London (Motiv)
Geschichte 1800-1900.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary:

The 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.

ISBN:

0199645884 (hbk.)
9780199645886 (hbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)757147166

LCCN:

2012930312

Locations:

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)