Download or read book Tattycoram written by Audrey Thomas and published by Fredericton : Goose Lane Editions. This book was released on 2005 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells the story of Hattie Coram, who was abandoned as a baby at the London Foundling Hospital. She is trained as a domestic servant and becomes a maid in Charles Dickens' household where she is plagued by the nickname "Tattycoram" and eventually used by Dickens as a character in his novel, Little Dorrit.