Evidence: | ?I send you herewith, the forthcoming Miscellany, with my glance at the new poor Law Bill.? |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | evening: Saturday | ||||||||||
Place: | city: London specific address: Furnivals Inn |
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Reader: | Charles Dickens |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 7 Feb 1812 |
Socio-economic group: | Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder |
Occupation: | Journalist/ Novelist |
Religion: | Church of England |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
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Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | |
Title: | Poor Law Bill |
Genre: | Politics, Law |
Form of Text: | Print: Unknown |
Publication details: | Referred to as the 'new' poor law bill by Dickens in 1837 |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 12078 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Charles Dickens | |
Editor: | Madeline House | |
Title: | The letters of Charles Dickens: Volume 1: 1828-1839 | |
Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
Date of Publication: | 1965 | |
Vol: | 1 | |
Page: | 231 | |
Additional comments: | Graham Storey ed. Published by Clarendon Press as the Pilgrim edition. |
Citation: | Charles Dickens, Madeline House (ed.), The letters of Charles Dickens: Volume 1: 1828-1839 (Oxford, 1965), 1, p. 231, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=12078, accessed: 29 March 2024 |
Letter to Thomas Beard. [Note 1: ?In the early chapters of "Oliver" CD pours his sarcasm on the 1834 Poor Law?s adoption of the Malthusian theory of population.?] |
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