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The workhouse girl / Dilly Court.

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Shelf Location	Collection	Volume Ref.	Branch	Status	Due Date
AF COUR	Adult Fiction		Campsie .	. Available .

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ISBN	9780099562597 (hbk.)
ISBN	0099562596 (hbk.)
Name	Court, Dilly
Title	The workhouse girl / Dilly Court.
Published	London Arrow Books, 2013.
Description	472 p. ; 24 cm.
Summary	Circumstances force eight-year-old Sarah Scrase and her widowed mother Ellen to enter the notorious St Giles and St George's Workhouse. When Ellen dies in childbirth, the independent-minded Sarah falls foul of the workhouse master, Trigg and his cruel wife. Sarah's ordeal seems to be over when philanthropist and sugar mill owner James Arbuthnot takes her into his home. But her wealthy benefactor reports Trigg and his wife. And blaming Sarah for their misfortune, in a fit of revenge the couple decide to take the law into their own hands.
Subjects	Workhouses -- England -- London -- FIction
	Abused children -- England -- London -- Fiction
	Revenge -- Fiction
	Domestic fiction
Links to Related Works	Subject References: Abused children -- England -- London -- Fiction . Domestic fiction . Revenge -- Fiction . Workhouses -- England -- London -- FIction . Authors: Court, Dilly .