Aspects of Child Labor in Tonna's Helen Fleetwood.

The article presents literary criticism of the book "Helen Fleetwood" by Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna. Particular focus is given to the religious aspects of child labor in the novel. According to the author, the text conveys a mixture of conformist and reformist ideas of class conflict and childhood. It is suggested that Tonna saw the sufferings of child laborers as part of a larger divine plan leading to salvation. Other topics include paternalism and the genre of social-problem novels.