Acknowledgements

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Illustrations vi
4. Acknowledgements ix
5. Series Editor’s Preface xi
6. Abbreviations and a Note on Editions xiii
7. Introduction 1
8. Chapter 1 Charles Dickens and Metropolitan Improvements 19
9. Chapter 2 Sets and the City: Staging London and Oliver Twist 51
10. Chapter 3 Dickensian Afterlives and the Demolition of Field Lane 91
11. Chapter 4 Paperwork and Philanthropy: Dickens’s Involvement in Metropolitan Improvement 130
12. Chapter 5 From Sanitary Reform to Cultural Memory: The Case of Jacob’s Island 173
13. Coda 207
14. Archival Sources and a Note on Method 214
15. Select Bibliography 219
16. Index 243