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Item Details
Title:
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CHARLES DICKENS AND THE HOUSE OF FALLEN WOMEN
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By: |
Jenny Hartley |
Format: |
Hardback |
List price:
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£17.99 |
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ISBN 10: |
0413776433 |
ISBN 13: |
9780413776433 |
Publisher: |
METHUEN PUBLISHING LTD |
Pub. date: |
1 January, 2008 |
Pages: |
288 |
Description: |
An account of Charles Dickens' work with destitute girls and young women in mid-eighteenth century London. With support from the millionairess Angela Burdett Coutts, he established a 'safe' house for young women in Shepherd's Bush where they were taken from lives of prostitution and crime and trained for useful employment. |
Synopsis: |
This title vividly portrays the lot of the poor in mid-19th century London and some of the people who were moved to help. Whatever his motives Charles Dickens was one of them. |
Illustrations: |
b/w illustrations |
Publication: |
UK |
Imprint: |
Methuen Publishing Ltd |
Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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