- Social life and customs, Fiction, Classic Literature, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author)
How much is conveyed in those two short words - 'The Parish!' And with how many tales of distress and misery, of broken fortune and ruined hopes, too often of unrelieved wretchedness and successful knavery, are they associated! A poor man, with small earnings, and a large family, just manages to live on from hand to mouth, and to procure food from day to day; he has barely sufficient to satisfy the present cravings of nature, and can take no heed of the future.
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Classical in form, prestige, bleak and spare.
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
- warmbleak
- sparerichly built
- contemplativerelentless
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About the book
- First published
- 1800
- Pages
- 529
- Publisher
- Hazell, Watson & Viney, Roelants, Humphrey Milford
- Editions
- 237
- Language
- Italian, English, German, Dutch
- ISBN
- 9780343744793
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- Social life and customs
- Fiction
- Classic Literature
- British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author)
- England, fiction
- London (england), fiction
- Fiction, historical, general
- Great britain, social life and customs, fiction
- Manners and customs
- Fiction, short stories (single author)
- English literature
- English fiction
“How much is conveyed in those two short words-"The Parish!"”
Charles Dickens, was the most popular English novelist of the Victorian era, and one of the most popular of all time. He created some of literature's most iconic characters, with the theme of social reform running throughout his work. The continuing popularity of his novels and short stories is such that they have never gone out of print. ([Source][1].) [1]:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dickens
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