The Match Girl and the Heiress

by Seth Koven

Book Overview

How two extraordinary women crossed the Victorian class divide to put Christian teachings into practice in the slums of East London

Nellie Dowell was a match factory girl in Victorian London who spent her early years consigned to orphanages and hospitals. Muriel Lester, the daughter of a wealthy shipbuilder, longed to be free of the burden of money and possessions. Together, these unlikely soulmates sought to remake the world according...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691158509
• ISBN13: 9780691158501
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.5" x 9.5"