Very succinct story about his desire for children.
I am giving this book to my grandson so that he will learn what life was like for the working people during the height of the British Empire when Britannia ruled the waves and fully one fifth of the world map was pink (Empire). Just because your country is top dog will not make the life of the average citizen better.
I had already read this book which I checked out from the Library. I like it because it's an easy and informative read for adults or children.
If you've ever wondered about Charles Dicken's life this is a great book to find out. It starts with his childhood and goes all the way to his death.
The title: Charles Dickens and the Street Children of London led me to think this would be about both subjects, which indeed it was. I thought it was extremely well written for the audience (which I take to be middle school readers), focusing somewhat on the politics of the time, and more specifically on Dickens within that frame.
I have always been a Charles Dickens fan, since as a child my family would sit together in the evenings and my parents would read Dickens writings aloud This man lived a complex and interesting life and this book portrays the generous side of the famous author's life.The book focuses on Dickens experiences as a child working in a boot black factory and some of the hardships he endured during the early part of his life.
Well written but much too heavy on blaming every evil of Victorian London on the evil capitalist business owners. Let's be realistic.
Andrea Warren has written another extremely interesting book that should appeal to young adults as well as to their parents. Her descriptions of children's lives in Victorian England are moving and compelling.
One would think from the title that Dickens went for walks with them telling the street children he loved pretty stories. It is actually an account of how Dickens used his work to better the lives of the poor, which is significant in light of the fact that there was no advocate for him.
In the middle of Charles Dickens's most famous work, A CHRISTMAS CAROL, Scrooge encounters two children revealed to him by the Spirit of Christmas Present. They are "yellow, meager, ragged, scowling, wolfish.
What do artist William Hogarth, composer George Frideric Handel, and author Charles Dickens have in common? They all produced at least some of their work to help support The Foundling Hospital of London in the 1800s, much like celebrities and artists today do to support a cause.
I rate this a 4.5 only in the context of Warren's other books, which I rate a 5 (my barometer being, would my nieces and nephews out in Utah find it interesting).
I'm a fan of Dickens, the writer. But I never knew that, through his writing, he single handedly changed his society.
Charles Dickens.For half a dozen years I worked for a book retailer named after one of his well-known books and characters (Copperfield's).
