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Dickens and the Workhouse: Oliver Twist and the London Poor
Dickens and the Workhouse Oliver Twist and the London Poor
Author: Ruth Richardson
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...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780199645886
ISBN-10: 0199645884
Publication Date: 4/12/2012
Pages: 240
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Book Type: Hardcover
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