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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
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ISBN: 9780761414933

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Victorian Culture and Society by Eugene C. Black
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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