London Labour and the London Poor
Unflinching reports of London’s poor from a prolific and influential English writer London Labour and the London Poor originated in a series of articles, later published in four volumes, written for the Morning Chronicle in 1849 and 1850 when journalist Henry Mayhew was at the height of his...
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Unflinching reports of London’s poor from a prolific and influential English writer London Labour and the London Poor originated in a series of articles, later published in four volumes, written for the Morning Chronicle in 1849 and 1850 when journalist Henry Mayhew was at the height of his career. Mayhew aimed simply to report the realities of the poor from a compassionate and practical outlook. This penetrating selection shows how well he succeeded: the underprivileged of London become extraordinarily and often shockingly alive.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780140432411 (0140432418)
Publish date: July 1st 1986
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Pages no: 544
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Non Fiction,
History,
Reference,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Historical Fiction,
Geography,
Economics,
Politics,
Sociology,
Cities,
Victoriana
I read this years ago as an antidote to all the English literature I was reading that I loved, but that primarily concerned the upper class: Austen, Wodehouse, Bronte, Saki, Trollope, Sayers, Christie, and so on. I wanted to know more about the rest of London (and English) society. Well-known journa...
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