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  The People of the Abyss (Modern Voices) (Paperback) By (author) Jack London, By (author) Alexander Masters

  

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  Short Description for The People of the AbyssPresents the author's study of the London underworld. This book offers reflections on the iniquities of class that are a testament to the persistence of social inequality in modern Britain.
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  • Publisher: Hesperus Press Ltd
  • Published: 01 November 2009
  • Format: Paperback 232 pages
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  • Categories: Contemporary Fiction | Classics
  • ISBN 13: 9781843914501 ISBN 10: 1843914506
  • Sales rank: 238,807

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• 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; queuing to get into a doss-house, 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 Britain.