In The Workhouse: Christmas Day
By George R. Sims · Running time 00:15:20 · Poetry, Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
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About this book
George R. Sims was a journalist of the Victorian era who was mostly concerned with social reforms. He was very interested in the life of the poor. This is a dramatic monologue by an inmate at a workhouse, exposing the hypocrisy of the law. A vivid ballad which you would not be able to resist. - Summary by Stav Nisser. This was the fortnightly poem for January 29, 2017.
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