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Dickens And Charity by N.F. Pope is a literary studies available to read on EtoBox.
What is Dickens And Charity about?
'Evangelical philantropists could note by the 1860's that 'the highest glory of our land - a glory far removed from territorial acquisition and national aggrandisement, and that which makes it pre-eminently the admiration and envy of all other countries - are its benevolent and charitable endowments'. Judging by his novels, Dickens was a formidable opponent of this complacent viewpoint, and one need only recall such characters at Stiggins, Chadband, Mrs Jellyby, Mrs Pardiggle, and Mr Honeythunde
Who reads Dickens And Charity?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- N.F. Pope
- Publisher
- THE MACMILLAN PRESS LTD
- Published
- 1978
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781349034369
- Category
- literary studies
- Subjects
- Religion, Science, Social Science
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
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