Search Results for: Dickens And The Daughter Of The House

Examines the role of 'legless angels' (George Orwell), 'angry women' and 'good daughters' in Dicken's narratives.

Feminist criticism has not been kind to Charles Dickens. The characters George Orwell referred to as 'legless angels' - Little Nell, Agnes Wickfield, Esther Sum

The daughter in Dickens' fiction is considered not as an emblem of tranquil domesticity and the hearth-fire, but as a bearer of cultural values - and as a poten

The motivations behind Dickens' novels and the poverty-stricken world of 19th century London.

"An account of Charles Dickens' work with destitute girls and young women in mid-eighteenth century London. With support from the millionairess Angela Burdett C