London Labour and the London Poor
by:
Henry Mayhew (author)
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781101491225 (1101491221)
Publish date: July 1st 1986
Publisher: Penguin
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...