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Destiny Obscure: Autobiographies of Childhood, Education and Family From the 1820s to the 1920s 2nd Edition
Author(s): Proffessor John Burnett (Author), John Burnett (Author)
- Publisher: Routledge
- Publication Date: June 30, 1994
- Edition: 2nd
- Language: English
- Print length: 388 pages
- ISBN-10: 0415104017
- ISBN-13: 9780415104012
Book Description
This is a unique record of childhood that reveals in intimate detail the trials and hard-won triumphs of nineteenth-century working-class life.
Editorial Reviews
Review
[of Destiny Obscure and Useful Toil] `They are handy and accessible collections of extracts from a particular group pf primary sources…’ – Times Literary Supplement
`Both provide a wealth of primary source material for historians of all ages; both are wonderful incentives to contemporary autobiographical writing.’ – Times Educational Supplement
About the Author
John Burnett
