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Gone to the Dogs

10/3/1855

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Author Charles Dickens
Genres Prose: Editorial i
Prose: Leading Article i
Subjects Architecture; Building; Housing; Property; Landlord and Tenant;
Crimean War, 1853-1856
Great Britain—Politics and Government
Great Britain—Social Conditions—Nineteenth Century
London (England)—Description and Travel
Poverty; Poor Laws—Great Britain; Workhouses—Great Britain
Progress; Memory; Commemoration; Nostaliga; Time—Social Aspects; Time—Psychological Aspects; Time perception;
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The personal-reminiscent tone of the earlier part of this article anticipates that of many of Dickens's later 'Uncommercial Traveller' essays, though the device on which the piece turns, the play upon the idiomatic phrase that supplies its title, is characteristic of his 1850s' journalism.

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Author Frederick Bayle St. John
Genres Prose: Digest; Review i
Prose: Short Fiction i
Subjects Children; Childhood; Pregnancy; Childbirth; Child Rearing; Adoption; Child Labor
Egypt—Description and Travel
Marriage; Courtship; Love; Sex
Monarchy
Myth; Legends; Epic Literature; Fables; Allegory; Folklore
Race; Racism; Ethnicity; Anthropology; Ethnography
Religion; Religion and Culture
Religion—Christianity—General
Religion—Islam
Supernatural; Superstition; Spiritualism; Clairvoyance; Mesmerism; Ghosts; Fairies; Witches; Magic; Occultism
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Potichomania

10/3/1855

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Author George Dodd
Genre Prose: Essay i
Subjects Art; Design; Painting; Sculpture; Photography; Interior Decoration;
Commercial Products (Commodities); Material Culture; Shopping; Advertising
Great Britain—Social Life and Customs
Manufacturing processes; Manufacturing; Factories; Factory Management; Industrial Waste
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Author George Augustus Sala
Genres Prose: Autobiography; Biography; Memoirs; Obituary; Anecdotes i
Prose: Short Fiction i
Subjects Crime; Criminals; Punishment; Capital Punishment; Prisons; Penal Transportation; Penal Colonies
Escapes; Fugitives from Justice—Fiction
France—Description and Travel
France—History
France—Politics and Government
Great Britain—Armed Forces; Militias
Great Britain—History
Revolutions; Revolutions—History; Riots; Riots—Fiction; Political Violence
War; Battles; Peace; Military History; Weapons; Soldiers
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Passing Clouds

10/3/1855

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Author Adelaide Anne Procter
Genre Poetry: Lyric i
Subjects Nature; Nature (Aesthetics); Nature in Literature; Landscapes
Progress; Memory; Commemoration; Nostaliga; Time—Social Aspects; Time—Psychological Aspects; Time perception;
Religion; Religion and Culture
Weather; Meteorology; Climate; Seasons
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Author Peter Cunningham
Genre Prose: Snippet i
Subjects Crime; Criminals; Punishment; Capital Punishment; Prisons; Penal Transportation; Penal Colonies
Great Britain—History
Literature; Writing; Authorship; Reading; Books; Poetry; Storytelling; Letter Writing
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Author John Capper
Genre Prose: Snippet i
Subjects Agriculture; Fishing; Forestry; Gardening; Horticulture
Education—Great Britain; Universities and Colleges; Schools
Great Britain—Social Conditions—Nineteenth Century
Literature; Writing; Authorship; Reading; Books; Poetry; Storytelling; Letter Writing
Psychology; Psychiatry; Mental Health; Mind-Body Relations (Metaphysics)
Social classes; Class distinctions; Aristocracy (Social Class); Aristocracy (Social Class)—Fiction; Middle Class; Working Class; Servants;
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Author George Dodd
Genre Prose: Snippet i
Subjects Animals; Domestic Animals; Pets; Working Animals; Birds; Insects
France—Description and Travel
Life Sciences (Physiology / Biology / Immunology / Medicine / Pharmacology / Anatomy / Ecology)
Medical care; Nursing; Hospitals; Hospital Care; Surgery; Medicine; Physicians
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Author Eustace Clare Grenville Murray
Genre Prose: Travel-writing i
Subjects Character; Character Sketches; Caricature
National Characteristics; Nationalism
Ships; Boats; Shipwrecks; Salvage; Merchant Marine; Sailors; Sailing; Submarines (Ships)
Travel; Tourism; Hotels; Resorts; Seaside Resorts—Fiction; Passports;
Turkey—Description and Travel
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