Home and Identity in Nineteenth-Century Literary London

Explores radical designs for the home in the nineteenth-century metropolis and the texts that shaped them Uncovers a series of innovative housing designs that emerged in response to London’s rapid growth and expansion throughout the nineteenth century Brings together the writing of prominent authors such as Charles Dickens and George Gissing with understudied novels and essays to examine the lively literary engagement with new models of urban housing Focuses on the ways that these new homes prov