Household Words

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Household Words was a 19th-century English weekly literary magazine edited by Charles Dickens, featuring fiction, journalism, and social commentary.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Household Words canonical 12
Household Words (incorporated material) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Victorian periodical ⓘ
literary magazine ⓘ
weekly magazine ⓘ
aim to blend entertainment with moral and social instruction ⓘ
alsoPublished Christmas numbers ⓘ
containedWork Hard Times ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
editor Charles Dickens ⓘ
editorialFocus improving literature for the middle classes ⓘ
social reform ⓘ
endPublicationDate 1859 ⓘ
firstIssuePrice two pence ⓘ
format miscellany of short pieces ⓘ
founder Charles Dickens ⓘ
genre fiction ⓘ
journalism ⓘ
social commentary ⓘ
hasISSN 0950-1732 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
notableContributor Eliza Lynn Linton ⓘ
Elizabeth Gaskell ⓘ
George Augustus Sala ⓘ
Harriet Martineau ⓘ
Wilkie Collins ⓘ
notableEditor Charles Dickens ⓘ
originalPublisherLocation London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
ownedBy Charles Dickens ⓘ
placeOfPublication London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
politicalOrientation liberal ⓘ
printRunType mass-circulation weekly ⓘ
publicationFrequency weekly ⓘ
publicationPeriod 1850–1859 ⓘ
publisher Bradbury and Evans ⓘ
reasonForCessation dispute between Charles Dickens and Bradbury and Evans ⓘ
serializationOf Hard Times ⓘ
startPublicationDate 1850-03-30 ⓘ
subjectMatter education ⓘ
industrial society ⓘ
public health ⓘ
urban life ⓘ
working-class conditions ⓘ
successorPublication All the Year Round ⓘ
targetAudience Victorian middle-class readers ⓘ
timePeriod Victorian era ⓘ
titleOrigin phrase from Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Charles Dickens → employer → Household Words ⓘ
All the Year Round → predecessor → Household Words ⓘ
All the Year Round → hasPart → Household Words (incorporated material) ⓘ
linked to: Household Words
Hard Times → firstPublishedIn → Household Words ⓘ
Little Dorrit → originalSerialPublication → Household Words ⓘ
Charles Dickens Jr. → employer → Household Words ⓘ
Wilkie Collins → wroteFor → Household Words ⓘ
John Thornton → firstPublicationMedium → Household Words ⓘ
Bradbury and Evans → publishedWork → Household Words ⓘ
My Lady Ludlow → firstPublishedIn → Household Words ⓘ
Anna Maria Hall → workedOn → Household Words ⓘ
George Augustus Sala → employer → Household Words ⓘ
George Augustus Sala → wroteForPublication → Household Words ⓘ