Charles Dickens and the Street Children of London

by Andrea Warren

Book Overview

Provoked by the horrors he saw every day, Charles Dickens wrote novels that were originally intended as instruments for social change--to save his country's children.

Charles Dickens is best known for his contributions to the world of literature, but during his young life, Dickens witnessed terrible things that stayed with him: families starving in doorways, babies being "dropped" on streets by mothers too poor to care for...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0547395744
• ISBN13: 9780547395746
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Clarion Books
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.9" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher