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Charles Dickens and the House of Fallen Women

by Jenny Hartley · 2008

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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.

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adult
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medium · 287 pages

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