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Charles Dickens and the street children of London / (Record no. 318697)

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CONTROL NUMBER
control field 2011003450
CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER
control field DLC
DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION
control field 20120411 .0
FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION
fixed length control field 110131s2011 maua b 001 0beng
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER
LC control number 2011003450
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780547395746 (hbk.) :
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 0547395744 (hbk.)
CATALOGING SOURCE
Original cataloging agency DLC
Language of cataloging eng
Transcribing agency DLC
Modifying agency IG#
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-- OCLCO
-- IAD
-- IK2
-- ILC
-- MNF
-- ABG
-- YDXCP
-- DLC
AUTHENTICATION CODE
Authentication code pcc
GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE
Geographic area code e-uk-en
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number PR4592.L58
Item number W37 2011
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 823/.8
Edition number 22
AUTHOR NAME
AUTHOR NAME Warren, Andrea.
TITLE STATEMENT
Title Charles Dickens and the street children of London /
Statement of responsibility, etc by Andrea Warren.
PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc Boston :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc Houghton Mifflin Books for Children,
Date of publication, distribution, etc 2011.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 156 p. :
Other physical details ill. (some col.) ;
Dimensions 24 cm.
BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc Includes bibliographical references (p. 148-151) and index.
FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note 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.
SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc 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.
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Novelists, English
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Street children in literature.
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Poor in literature.
ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA)
Koha item type 01. English Non Fiction
Copies
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