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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Barchester Towers Barchester Towers Anthony Trollope *The Chronicles of Barsetshire, Book 2: Barchester Towers* Written as a sequel to "The Warden", this is the second book of the Barsetshire novels. Described as humorous, this wonderful novel that… OL109724W
Public poor relief in North Carolina Public poor relief in North Carolina Roy M. Brown 184 p., [12] leaves of plates : 22 cm OL155003W
Shadows of the workhouse Shadows of the workhouse Jennifer Worth In the follow up to her bestselling Call the Midwide, Jennifer Worth tells the true stories of the people she met. There's Peggy and Frank, who were separated in the workhouse when their parents died… OL20006631W
The poorhouse fair The poorhouse fair John Updike "On the third Wednesday of every August the inhabitants of a mansion-turned-poorhouse in central New Jersey hold their annual fair; this novel describes a fair that occurs about twenty years from now… OL463832W