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Household Words, taking its name from a line William Shakespeare's Henry V ("Familiar in his mouth as household words"), was a weekly magazine edited by Charles Dickens running from 1850-1859. The serial featured fiction and non-fiction, including excerpts of Dickens' novel Hard Times. Its non-fiction components focused on the plight of the working classes and other social issues.
Publication Date
1850
Publisher
Bradbury & Evans
City
London
Keywords
Household Words, Charles Dickens, social issues, fiction, non-fiction, serial, magazine
Disciplines
Journalism Studies | Literature in English, British Isles
Recommended Citation
Dickens, Charles
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"Household Words, Vol. 1-7" Whitworth University (1850). Household Words, 1850-1859.
Paper 1.
https://digitalcommons.whitworth.edu/household/1