Timeline
Lifetime:
1858 -
1932
Passed: ≈
93 years ago
Title
Writer
Country/Nationality
Margaret Nevinson
Books by Margaret Nevinson
Workhouse Characters
Non-Fiction
Poverty
Women's Rights
Social reform
Victorian workhouses
Public Assistance
Margaret Nevinson's 'Workhouse Characters' is a collection of 26 short stories that expose the horrors of the Victorian workhouse system. Drawing on her own experiences as a guardian in Hampstead Heath, Nevinson paints a vivid picture of the appallin...