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Charles Dickens and the Street Children of London
Charles Dickens and the Street Children of London
Charles Dickens and the Street Children of London
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Charles Dickens and the Street Children of London

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Provoked by the horrors he saw every day, Charles Dickens wrote novels that were originally intended as instruments for social change—to save his country’s children.

Charles Dickens is best known for his contributions to the world of literature, but during his young life, Dickens witnessed terrible things that stayed with him: families starving in doorways, babies being “dropped” on streets by mothers too poor to care for them, and a stunning lack of compassion from the upper class. After his family went into debt and he found himself working at a shoe-polish factory, Dickens soon realized that the members of the lower class were no different than he, and, even worse, they were given no chance to better themselves. It was then that he decided to use his greatest talent, his writing ability, to tell the stories of those who had no voice.

In this book, award-winning author Andrea Warren takes readers on a journey into the workhouses, slums, factories, and schools of Victorian England, and into the world of a beloved writer who used his pen to do battle on behalf of the poor, becoming one of the greatest reformers of his or any age.

LanguageEnglish
Release dateNov 29, 2011
ISBN9780547677286
Charles Dickens and the Street Children of London
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Andrea Warren

Andrea Warren says, "I'm always looking behind facts and dates in search of how extraordinary times impact ordinary people. I think the most engaging way to study history is by seeing it through the eyes of participants. Each of us wants to know, If that had been me at that time, in that place, what would I have done? What would have happened to me?" Among Warren's honors are the prestigious Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Orphan Train Rider: One Boy's True Story, which was also selected as an ALA Notable Book. She won the Midland Authors Award for Pioneer Girl. Growing Up on the Prairie. A former teacher and journalist, Warren writes from her home in the Kansas City suburb of Prairie Village, Kansas.

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  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
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    Charles Dickens and the Street Children of London is an eye-opening account of how the poverty of Dicken's early life led him to champion England's poor, particularly the children in both his writing and his actions. This is a carefully researched and well-written story that goes beyond simple biography in re-creating Dickens and the world he lived in. Although much of the information in the book is interesting and not well-known to most American young adults, I do think the non-fiction format with blocks of text and drawn photographs will remind many teens (unhappily)of school textbooks, and it will take some extra effort to convince them to read it, but it will be worth it.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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    My VOYA ratings:4Q, 2PThis book provides a history of Charles Dickens and London street children in a way that is easy to digest. It is engaging for young readers who are interested in the subject and includes helpful and entertaining pictures. It explains the connection between Charles Dickens' works and improvement of the conditions of the poor in London, as well as his personal reasons for sympathizing with street children.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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    Excellent insight into how Dickens's own experiences influenced his depictions of the poor and working class in his novels. Warren also offers an insightful look at the wretched lives of the poor, particularly children, in Victorian England.

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