Children’s Literature and Capitalism

1. Introduction
Christopher Parkes

2. Avoiding Dead Ends and Blind Alleys: Re-imagining Youth Employment in Nineteenth-Century Britain
Christopher Parkes

3. Family Business and Childhood Experience: David Copperfield and Great Expectations
Christopher Parkes

4. Adventure Fiction and the Youth Problem: Treasure Island and Kidnapped
Christopher Parkes

5. Commercialism and Middle-Class Innocence: The Story of the Treasure Seekers and The Railway Children
Christopher Parkes

6. Educational Tracking and the Feminized Classroom: A Little Princess and The Secret Garden
Christopher Parkes

7. The Female Life History and the Labour Market: Anne of Green Gables and Anne’s House of Dreams
Christopher Parkes

8. Conclusion
Christopher Parkes

Keywords: Literature, Literary Theory, Cultural Theory, Twentieth-Century Literature, British and Irish Literature, Nineteenth-Century Literature, Fiction