When reading Oliver Twist, I was intrigued by the language used by characters such as the Artful Dodger. It was a distinct type of slang; a few of the terms I am familiar with and hear used today, but most of the words left me wondering about what they could mean. I decided to look... Continue Reading →
In the aftermath of the original serialisation of Oliver Twist and the publication of the novel Jack Sheppard, there was a link made between reading this type of crime filled literature and a rise in juvenile delinquency. Searching for ‘Jack Sheppard’, on the British Newspaper Archives, many stories from throughout the 1800s are headlined: ‘A... Continue Reading →
Prison Voices 