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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Richardson, Ruth.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Almshouses--England--London--History.

Almshouses.

Poorv--England--London--History.

Poorv.

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Oliver Twist.

Dickens, Charles.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (391 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

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

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

9. Works: Contemporaries, Sketches, Spectres, Oliver Twist, Names, Echoes10. The Most Famous Workhouse in the World: Truth and Fiction; APPENDIX; Table 1: Chronology of Dickens's Major Works; Table 2: Chronology of Pickwick, Twist, and Nickleby; Table 3: Dickens's Siblings; Table 4: Where Dickens Lived before 'Boz'; Table 5: Dickens's Occupations in Relation to his Addresses; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-162413-6

1-280-59459-4

9786613624420

0-19-162412-8

OCLC:

780444587