num_pages: 492
description: In a provocative study that bristles with contemporary relevance, Himmelfarb demonstrates that the material and moral dimensions of poverty were inseparable in the minds of late Victorians, be they radical or conservative.
language: English
title: Poverty and Compassion: The Moral Imagination of the Late Victorians
titlecomplete: Poverty and Compassion: The Moral Imagination of the Late Victorians
genres: Nonfiction, Poverty, History
ratings_count: 24
publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group