London Labour And The London Poor (Wordsworth Classics Of World Literature)
by:
Henry Mayhew (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781840226195 (1840226196)
ASIN: 1840226196
Publish date: August 5th 1997
Publisher: Wordsworth Classics
Pages no: 636
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...