| Author: | Jack London | ISBN: | 9781780942063 |
| Publisher: | Hesperus Press | Publication: | October 1, 2009 |
| Imprint: | Hesperus Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Jack London |
| ISBN: | 9781780942063 |
| Publisher: | Hesperus Press |
| Publication: | October 1, 2009 |
| Imprint: | Hesperus Press |
| Language: | English |
In 1902, Jack London purchased some secondhand clothes, rented a room in the East End, and set out to discover how the London poor lived. His research makes shocking reading. Moving through the slums as one of the poor; eating, drinking, and socializing with the underclass; lining up to get into a flophouse, London was scandalized and brutalized by the experience of living rough in Britain’s capital. His clear-eyed reflections on the iniquities of class are a shaming testament to the persistence of social inequality in modern times.
In 1902, Jack London purchased some secondhand clothes, rented a room in the East End, and set out to discover how the London poor lived. His research makes shocking reading. Moving through the slums as one of the poor; eating, drinking, and socializing with the underclass; lining up to get into a flophouse, London was scandalized and brutalized by the experience of living rough in Britain’s capital. His clear-eyed reflections on the iniquities of class are a shaming testament to the persistence of social inequality in modern times.
