Ragged Rose

Name: Ragged Rose
Rating: 4.32 (2341 reviews)

by Dilly Court

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Rose’s father casts his children out after deciding that they have disgraced the family name. Suddenly homeless and penniless, Rose becomes responsible for a brother in danger and a sister who may otherwise be forced onto the streets.

With the authorities and criminals closing in, Rose must choose between personal safety and the risks required to save her siblings. Her attempts to hold the family together take her through the harshest parts of Victorian London, where every offer of assistance carries a price.

Rose’s struggle exposes how little protection poverty offers children once a household breaks apart. Workhouses, street labour and criminal networks can all claim those without money or adult support, while official intervention may separate siblings rather than preserve them. Her determination to keep the family together turns survival into resistance against institutions and individuals that treat vulnerable children as labour, burdens or opportunities.