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Charles Dickens §
Best of
Times: The Theater of Charles Dickens from §
Charles
Dickens Life of the Author from §
Charles
Dickens from the Victorian Web
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Charles Dickens
A general biography from the Literature Network §
Charles Dickens : Gads Hill
Place by Marsha Perry, a”
literature enthusiast who also publishes a website on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
as well as LitQuotes,
a website that features quotes from literature.” §
A Charles Dickens Journal
from Dickens Live! §
David Perdue’s
Charles Dickens Site Winner of
multiple awards § Dicken’s on Stage – from David Perdue’s Charles Dicken’s page § Christmas Books §
Christmas
Carol Summary from Sparknotes §
The Chimes plot
summary on Wikipedia §
The
Cricket on the Hearth summary on Wikipedia §
Frozen Deep
summary on Wikipedia §
A
Christmas Dinner full text and illustrations §
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Oliver Twist
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Oliver
Twist : full text with illustrations by Arthur Cruikshank,
from The Electronic Text Center, §
Oliver
Twist from PBS Television -
Timeline, “Who Was Charles Dickens”, “Down and Out in Victorian England” (the
poor); “Oliver's London is an interactive map that will introduce you
to the journey that Oliver took in his adventures throughout the city.” The Victorian Age
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1875 Victorian
England Revisited : § Dictionary of Victorian London §
Victorian Fashion -
great website for all types of fashion from formal to swimsuits §
Poor Laws of 1834 ♦ Five Hundred Years of
English Poor Laws, 1349-1834: Regulating the Working and Nonworking Poor To focus on the Poor Law of 1834, go
to the Edit menu, click on Find and enter 1834. Information for Works Cited. Be sure to format correctly. Quigley, William. “Five Hundred Years of English Poor
Laws, 1349-1834: Regulating the Working and Nonworking Poor.” ♦
Class
System - Victorian society /
Social classes / Fashion / A woman’s place ♦
Implementation
of the Poor Law ♦
Workhouses. ♦
Orphans Victorian
Fashion - great website for all types of fashion from formal to swimsuits § The Workhouse
extensive site about workhouses & poor laws
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Books – Print and Electronic+ Gale Virtual Reference Library - ebooks - 300+ Reference e-books accessed with one search Selected books: (more
on the shelves) Online
Catalog ·
B DICKENS WIL The World of Charles Dickens / Angus Wilson. ·
820.9008 POOL What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew : from Fox Hunting
to Whist : The Facts of Daily Life in Nineteenth-Century England /
Pool, Daniel. §
R 823.8 DICKENS LEV 1996 A Dickens Glossary for American
Readers / Levit, Fred. §
R 823.8 DICKENS DAV 1998 Charles Dickens A to Z: The Essential Reference to His
Life and Work /
Davis, Paul B. (Paul Benjamin), 1934- §
823.8 DICKENS B 2000 §
823.8 REA 1998 §
942.081 ASHBY 2003 §
941.081 MITCHELL 1996 §
942.081 YANCEY 1999 Life in Charles Dickens's England / Yancey, Diane. §
942.1 ACKROYD 2000 London: The Biography / Peter Ackroyd §
942.12 THO 1994 Victorian London Street Life in Historic Photographs / John Thomson §
REF EXP 031 WORLD v.5 D 2006 World Book Encyclopedia |
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Encarta Encyclopedia Access only from a LRC computer Path: Start – Programs – Microsoft Encarta – Encarta Reference Library 2005 |
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