Dickens and the Workhouse: Oliver Twist and the London Poor

by Ruth Richardson

Book Overview

It's one of the best known scenes in all of literature--young Oliver Twist, with empty bowl in hand, asking Please Sir. I want some more. In Dickens and the Workhouse, historian Ruth Richardson recounts how she discovered the building that was quite possibly the model for the workhouse in Dickens' classic novel. Indeed, Richardson reveals that Dickens himself lived only a few doors down from this notorious building--once as a child and once again...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199645884
• ISBN13: 9780199645886
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press (UK)
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.6" x 8.6"