Download or read book Dickens and the Children of Empire written by W. Jacobson and published by Springer. This book was released on 2000-10-10 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dickens and the Children of Empire examines the themes of childhood and empire throughout Dickens' oeuvre. The prestigious group of contributors initiate and extend debates on the subjects of post-colonialism, literature of the child and present childhood as an apt metaphor for the colonized subject in Dickens' work.