Charles Dickens and the House of Fallen Women

Charles Dickens and the House of Fallen Women
Author: Jenny Hartley
Publisher: Methuen Publishing
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2008
Genre: Literary Criticism
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"An account of Charles Dickens' work with destitute girls and young women in mid-eighteenth century London. With support from the millionairess Angela Burdett Coutts, he established a 'safe' house for young women in Shepherd's Bush where they were taken from lives of prostitution and crime and trained for useful employment."--Borders website.


Charles Dickens and the House of Fallen Women
Language: en
Pages: 312
Authors: Jenny Hartley
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008 - Publisher: Methuen Publishing

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"An account of Charles Dickens' work with destitute girls and young women in mid-eighteenth century London. With support from the millionairess Angela Burdett C
Among the Fallen
Language: en
Pages: 306
Authors: Virginia Frances Schwartz
Categories: Young Adult Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-10-22 - Publisher: Holiday House

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Imprisoned for crimes she didn't commit, sixteen-year-old Orpha accepts an unusual invitation to live in a Victorian home for fallen women-- and finds new hope.
The Great Charles Dickens Scandal
Language: en
Pages: 227
Authors: Michael Slater
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-09-14 - Publisher: Yale University Press

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The true story of the sensational rumors surrounding the Victorian author—and the attempts to cover them up: “Riveting . . . a scholarly detective story”
Charles Dickens and the Street Children of London
Language: en
Pages: 165
Authors: Andrea Warren
Categories: Juvenile Nonfiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011 - Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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The motivations behind Dickens' novels and the poverty-stricken world of 19th century London.
Tainted Souls and Painted Faces
Language: en
Pages: 264
Authors: Amanda Anderson
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-03-15 - Publisher: Cornell University Press

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Prostitute, adulteress, unmarried woman who engages in sexual relations, victim of seduction—the Victorian "fallen woman" represents a complex array of stigma