A December Vision, and Other Thoughtful Writings

Dickens, Charles; Philip, Neil & Neuburg, Victor (editors)

ISBN 10: 0826403921 / ISBN 13: 9780826403926

Published by Continuum, New York, 1987

About this Item

160 pp. A collection of journal articles from "Household Words", as well as one essay from Sketches by Boz. Touching on themes as diverse as London's criminal haunts, the ragged schools, workhouses and homes for fallen women, the thread which binds these pieces is the author's efforts to support reform on a human scale. Profusely illustrated with contemporary monochrome pictures.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A December Vision, and Other Thoughtful Writings
• Publisher: Continuum, New York
• Publication Date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0826403921
• ISBN 13: 9780826403926
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Classics

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Synopsis

Gathers newspaper articles by Dickens about London criminals, prisons, schools, workhouses, homes for fallen women, education, sanitation, and the law