Children no more than ‘little adults child labour as major consequence of the industrial revolution in Charles Dickens’ novel Oliver Twist

Childhood and Child Labour in the British Industrial Revolution

This is a unique account of working-class childhood during the British industrial revolution. Using more than 600 autobiographies written by working men of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries Jane Humphries illuminates working-class childhood in contexts untouched by conventional sources and facilitates estimates of age at starting work, social mobility, the extent of apprenticeship, and th...

a comparative study of the theme of "marriage" in three victorian novelists: charles dickens, george eliot and thomas hardy

این تحقیق کوشیده است با انتخاب پنج رمان از میان آثار برگزیده، «چارلز دیکنز»، «جورج الیوت» و «توماس هاردی » و با رویکردی تطبیقی به بررسی درونمایه ی «ازدواج» در آثار این سه رمان نویس بزرگ دوره ی ویکتوریا بپردازد. فرضیه ی اولیه ی تحقیق این بوده است که چارلز دیکنز (1870- 1812) با زبانی شوخ و گزنده، جورج الیوت(1880- 1819) با نگاهی آموزشی–اندرزگونه و توماس هاردی(1928- 1840) با رویکردی تلخ وانتقادی به...

Charles Dickens: a neglected diagnosis.

Charles Dickens' Consultation with Mr. Syme *The Life of Charles Dickens, by John Forster, page 417.

us believe) in any dialect in Scotland; in fact the tendency in all Scotch dialects is to pronounce it "jest." And as regards the alleged difference of opinion between Mr. Syme and Sir Henry Thompson, I heard Mr. Syme describe his interview with Dickens on the day it took place, and remember that he not only took a serious view of the condition of Dickens' foot, but also spoke of Sir Henry Thom...

David Oliver: No more broken promises.

In clinical practice, trust is paramount. We trust team mates to know their job and to hand over well. Patients and families need to trust that we’re competent, compassionate, and acting in good faith. But sometimes, in trying to reassure patients and with the best of intentions, we make promises we shouldn’t. And broken promises damage trust and confidence. Some promises concern what we as ind...