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In tracing the parish boy's progress, Dickens did not write a topical satire on the workhouse system and the role of the 1834 New Poor Law in fostering criminality, he created a story about the survival of good, and the exploitation of violence.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 (Author)
Other Authors: Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878 (Illustrator)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Edition:New edition /
Series:Oxford world's classics.
Subjects:
Orphans > England > London > Fiction.
England > Social conditions > 19th century > Fiction.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:In tracing the parish boy's progress, Dickens did not write a topical satire on the workhouse system and the role of the 1834 New Poor Law in fostering criminality, he created a story about the survival of good, and the exploitation of violence.
Item Description:This edition previously issued in print: 2008.
Physical Description:1 online resource (544 pages) : illustrations.
ISBN:9780191920585 (ebook) :
DOI:10.1093/owc/9780199536269.001.0001