Victorian novels chronicle the terrible grief of losing children. Depicting the cruelty ... death of a 3-year-old from typhoid fever in a London slum contaminated by an open cesspool.

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Victorian novels chronicle the terrible grief of losing children. Depicting the cruelty ... death of a 3-year-old from typhoid fever in a London slum contaminated by an open cesspool.