The match girl and the heiress
"Nellie Dowell was a match-factory girl in Victorian London who spent her early years consigned to orphanages and hospitals. Muriel Lester, the daughter of a wealthy shipbuilder, longed to be free of the burden of money and possessions. Together, these unlikely soul mates sought to remake the w...
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Format: | Print Book |
Language: | English |
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Princeton [u.a.]
Princeton University Press
[2014]
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In: | Year: 2014 |
Reviews: | [Rezension von: Koven, Seth, The Match Girl and the Heiress] (2015) (Kilcrease, Bethany)
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Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Lester, Muriel 1883-1968
/ Dowell, Nellie 1876-1923
/ Great Britain
/ Social reform
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Further subjects: | B
Dowell, Nellie (1876-1923)
B Feminists (Great Britain) Biography B Lester, Muriel (1883-1968) B Women social reformers (Great Britain) Biography B Great Britain Social conditions 20th century |