A child of the Jago
"In the worst of London's East End slums, in an area called the Jago, young Dicky Perrott is used to a life of poverty, crime, and violence. Gang warfare is the order of the day, deaths are commonplace, and thieving the only way to survive." -- Back cover
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Oxford u.a.
Oxford University Press
2012.2011
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| Schriftenreihe: | Oxford world's classics
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | "In the worst of London's East End slums, in an area called the Jago, young Dicky Perrott is used to a life of poverty, crime, and violence. Gang warfare is the order of the day, deaths are commonplace, and thieving the only way to survive." -- Back cover Here is the only critical edition of Arthur Morrison's searing tale of life in the slums of London's East End. Peter Miles's comprehensive edition offers unrivalled contextual material about the book, its author, and the social debates to which it contributed. The introduction discusses the real slums of London, Morrison's life and work, the social politics of the book, and its importance as a novel of social realism. Invaluable notes illuminate details of life in the East End and real-life parallels of Morrison's characters and situations. In addition, the book includes a glossary of slang terms. |
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| Beschreibung: | First edition: Leipzig : Tauchnitz, 1897 Enth. select bibliography, chronology, notes and glossary |
| Beschreibung: | XXXVII, 217 S. |
| ISBN: | 0199605513 0-19-960551-3 9780199605514 978-0-19-960551-4 |