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25 totalLONDON LABOUR AND THE LONDON POOR
ADVERTISEMENT.
INTRODUCTION. THE AGENCIES AT PRESENT IN OPERATION WITHIN THE METROPOLIS FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF VICE AND CRIME.
INTRODUCTION.
CLASSIFICATION OF THE WORKERS AND NON-WORKERS OF GREAT BRITAIN.
OF THE NON-WORKERS.
OF THE PROSTITUTE CLASS GENERALLY.
OF PROSTITUTION AMONG THE BARBAROUS NATIONS. - Introduction.
PROSTITUTION AMONG THE SEMI-CIVILIZED NATIONS. - Introduction.
OF THE MIXED NORTHERN NATIONS. - Introductory.
Description
This volume offers a rare, ground‑level portrait of mid‑Victorian London’s most hidden residents – the prostitutes, thieves, swindlers and beggars who survived on the city’s margins. Drawing on police records, charitable reports and countless interviews, the author paints their daily haunts, earnings and survival tactics with a frankness that was unusual for its time.
The book also presents a series of personal testimonies, transcribed directly from the mouths of those living the life, alongside tables of earnings and striking illustrations that bring the statistics to life. An introductory essay outlines the network of religious societies, reformers and law‑enforcement agencies working to curb vice, giving listeners a sense of the social experiments underway. For anyone interested in the gritty realities of urban poverty and the early attempts at social reform, the work remains an eye‑opening documentary of a city’s forgotten half.
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en
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~40 hours (2326K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
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Produced by Henry Flower, the booksmiths at eBookForge and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
Release date
2020-10-09
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
About the author
Henry Mayhew
1812–1887
Best known for his vivid portrait of Victorian street life, this pioneering journalist brought the voices of working Londoners onto the page with unusual curiosity and compassion. He also helped found Punch, linking sharp social observation with wit and reform-minded energy.
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