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A collection of resources that provide background information and historical context for the works of Charles Dickens.
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Charles Dickens and the Street Children of London
by
Andrea Warren
Call Number: B DICKENS
ISBN: 9780547395746
Publication Date: 2011-11-29
Daily Life in Victorian England
by
Sally Mitchell
Call Number: 941.081 MIT
ISBN: 9780313350344
Publication Date: 2008-11-30
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Victorian Working Women
by
Michael Hiley
Call Number: 942.081
ISBN: 9780879233242
Publication Date: 1980-06-01
Victorian England
by
Ruth Ashby
Call Number: 941.081 ASH
ISBN: 9780761414933
Publication Date: 2002-05-01
Victorian Culture and Society
by
Eugene C. Black
Call Number: 942.081
ISBN: 0061381519
Publication Date: 1973-01-01
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Recommended Websites
Victorian Web
An online encycolpedia, created by George Landow, Professor of English and History of Art at Brown University.
Victorian England - BBC
Selected topics from the British Broadcasting Company
The Victorians
Various topics, including many images, from the British Library
Dickens's London in Pictures
Selection of images from The Telegraph, an English newspaper.
Dickens in Context
From the British Library: examines Dickens's major themes through primary sources
Charles Dickens and the Street Children of London by 
Daily Life in Victorian England by 
