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Subject(s)

• Dickens, Charles 1812-1870—Criticism and interpretation [Browse]
• Boardinghouses in literature [Browse]
• Literature and society—England—History—19th century [Browse]
• English fiction—19th century—History and criticism [Browse]

Series

• Oxford English monographs [More in this series]
• Oxford scholarship online [More in this series]

Summary note

This book explores the significance of rental culture in Charles Dickens's fiction and journalism. It reveals tenancy, or the leasing of real estate in exchange for money, to be a governing force in everyday life in the nineteenth century. It casts a light into back attics and landladies' parlours, and follows a host of characters-from slum landlords exploiting their tenants, to pairs of friends deciding to live together and share the rent. In this period, tenancy shaped individuals, structured communities, and fascinated writers. The vast majority of London's population had an immediate economic relationship with the houses and rooms they inhabited, and Dickens was highly attuned to the social, psychological, and imaginative corollaries of this phenomenon.

Notes

Also issued in print: 2020.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Target audience

Specialized.

Source of description

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on June 4, 2020).

Other title(s)

Oxford scholarship online.

ISBN

9780191891670 (ebook) :

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