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Charles Dickens and the street children of London
- Title
- Charles Dickens and the street children of London / by Andrea Warren.
- Author
- Warren, Andrea.
- Publication
- Boston : Houghton Mifflin Books for Children/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 12-870 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- 156 p. : ill. (some col.); 24 cm.
- Summary
- Warren takes you on a journey into the workhouses, slums, factories, and schools of Victorian England, and into the world of Dickens. She shows now he used his pen to do battle on behalf of the poor, becoming one of the great reformers of his or any age.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- The man in the shadows -- The poor people of London -- The early years -- A working-class boy -- Growing up -- Becoming a writer -- The workhouse -- Oliver Twist -- The sea captain who rescued foundling children -- The great benefactors : Handel, Hogarth, and Dickens -- Closing England's worst schools -- Sending ragged children to school -- Giving from a charitable heart -- A dedicated reformer -- A friend to the poor, a complex father -- An author for the ages.
- Call Number
- JFE 12-870
- ISBN
- 9780547395746 (hbk.)
- 0547395744 (hbk.)
- LCCN
- 2011003450
- OCLC
- 694830176
- Author
- Warren, Andrea.
- Title
- Charles Dickens and the street children of London / by Andrea Warren.
- Imprint
- Boston : Houghton Mifflin Books for Children/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 12-870