Title: The double life of Cora Parry
Description: Abandoned to the workhouse after the death of her guardians, Cora Parry refuses to accept her fate. Under the tuition of persuasive streetrat Fletch, Cora finds herself reluctantly drawn deep into the Victorian underworld. As she is gradually seduced into a life of crime, Cora creates a persona for herself - Carrie - allowing her to separate her uneasy conscience from her actions. But soon things are spiralling out of control. Carrie is committing acts of crime that Cora knows she can't possibly have done. Where does Carrie end and Cora begin? Who is really in control, and where will it end?
Subjects: Almshouses, Juvenile fiction, History, Crime, Fiction, Orphans, Social conditions
Places: England, London, London (England)
Time periods: 19th century, 1800-1950