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- Title
- Sloane and starvation
- Description
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This ballad details the events of the Sloane scandal of 1850. Mr. and Mrs. Sloane starved, beat, and tortured their young housekeeper, Jane Wilbred. Both would plead guilty to all charges brought against them. The case acquired both national and international attention as an example of British class cruelty. In "Bleak House and the Sloane Scandal of 1850 Again," Trevor Blount argues that some of Charles Dickens' writings may even have been inspired by this event.
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Blount, Trevor. “‘Bleak House’ and the Sloane Scandal of 1850 Again.” Dickens Studies 3, no. 1 (1967): 63–67. http://www.jstor.org/stable/44390618. - Call Number (click link to view in library catalog)
- IUB00699
- See Also
- Full Text Available at HathiTrust
- Authors
- Hodges, E.
- Full Title
- Sloane and starvation.
- Date
- 1850 or 1851
- From the Exhibit
- Crymes and Rhymes: More Bloody Versicles
- Publisher
- E Hodges (printer)
- Location
- London
- Language
- English
- Rights
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This item is the physical property of the Rare Book & Manuscript Library. Intellectual property rights, including copyright, may reside with the materials' creator(s) or their heirs.
The Rare Book & Manuscript Library's reproduction and publication policies are available here: https://www.library.illinois.edu/rbx/collections/reproduction-services/. The library welcomes requests for reproductions made from works in our collections, though restrictions may apply to certain materials. Please contact the library with any questions at askacurator@illinois.edu. - Type
- Text
- Medium
- Ephemera
- Bibliographic Citation
- Sloane and Starvation. London: E. Hodges, printer, Toy and Marble Warehouse, 31 Dudley Street, Seven Dials, 1850.