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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.
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English Novelists, Knowledge, London (England), Poor in literature, Street children in literature, Characters, In literature, Children, Biography, Dickens, charles, 1812-1870, juvenile literature, Authors, english, Authors, juvenile literature, Dickens, charles, 1812-1870, London (england), history, London (england), juvenile literaturePeople
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Charles Dickens and the Street Children of London
2050, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
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Charles Dickens and the Street Children of London
2017, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
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Charles Dickens and the Street Children of London
Jun 13, 2017, HMH Books for Young Readers
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2011, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
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Charles Dickens and the street children of London
2011, Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
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Table of 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
Queen Victoria
The legacy of the workhouse
Child labor today
Foundlings and street children worldwide
How you can make a difference
More about Charles Dickens and his times.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 148-151) and index.
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