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Ruth Richardson

Dickens and the Workhouse: Oliver Twist and The London Poor

Hay Festival 2012, Thursday 7 June 2012

The academic discovered that as a young man, Dickens lived only yards away from a major London workhouse. She tells the story of the find and reveals how important the two periods spent living in this area of London were for Dickens’ writing career.

Tom Holland and Paul Cartledge

Julian Clary talks to Fiona Lindsay

John Sutherland and John Crace

Michael Dobson

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Ruth Richardson

Dickens and the Workhouse: Oliver Twist and The London Poor

Hay Festival 2012, Thursday 7 June 2012

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Dickens and the Workhouse: Oliver Twist and The London Poor

Hay Festival 2012, Thursday 7 June 2012

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