Essays Tagged: "six shillings"
charles dickens
s.At the age of twelve, Charles started working at Warren's Blacking Factory where he was paid only six shillings a week. Six months later, one of John Dickens's relatives died, who left a will that g ... he wanted to become a reporter. He taught himself by buying a book called Gurney's Brachgraphy. At sixteen, he became a court reporter in which later he joined a newspaper.Charles Dickens then starte ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Charles Dickens
Rewriting Fingersmith by Sarah Waters from Mrs Sucksby's point of view
t I have given? Since that night on 1844 have I looked after the girl, and what have I got from it? Six shillings, a few days pay for years of work. Now that an opportunity to get my rightful pay has ... d been keeping her mother in. Once she had been born she had just kissed her on the cheek and given six pound for her daughter's keep, or so I tells her. 'It were all good money what she gave me - sov ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
Australia's involvement in World War I
easons men rush to enlist included:- Australian soldiers became the best paid in war. They received six shillings a day, while a labourer received half of this.- A sense of adventure and opportunity t ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War I