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Dickens and the Workhouse: Oliver Twist and the London Poor Richardson, Ruth (Fellow of the Royal Historical Society; Affiliated Scholar in the History & Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge; Hon. Professor of Humanities and Medicine, Hong Kong University.)
Dickens and the Workhouse: Oliver Twist and the London Poor
Richardson, Ruth (Fellow of the Royal Historical Society; Affiliated Scholar in the History & Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge; Hon. Professor of Humanities and Medicine, Hong Kong University.)
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 exciting new findings.
408 pages, 25 black and white halftones
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | February 2, 2012 |
| ISBN13 | 9780199645886 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press |
| Pages | 392 |
| Dimensions | 149 × 223 × 27 mm · 588 g |
| Language | English |