An account of Charles Dickens' work with destitute girls and young women in mid-eighteenth century London. With support from the millionairess Angela Burdett Coutts, he established a 'safe' house for young women in Shepherd's Bush where they were taken from lives of prostitution and crime and trained for useful employment.
Please fully inspect photographs for condition. Nice, clean copy. Dustjacket has some very minor wear on one of the corners and is in protective plastic wrapper. Innards clean and bright.