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Charles Dickens and the House of Fallen Women

An account of Charles Dickens's 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.

  • Format
  • hardcover
  • Pages
  • 287
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9780413776433
  • Genres
  • history, biography
  • Release date
  • 2008