The people of the abyss / by Jack London ; author of the "The Call of the Wild," ...
- London, Jack, 1876-1916.
- Date:
- 1903
- Books
About this work
Description
Written when London arrived in England in 1902, this book gives a firsthand account of the poor and unemployed among whom he lived in the slums of the East End of London. It is a sensitive portrayal of daily life on the margins of society that culminates in a searing indictment of modern industrialism's mistreatment of workers and the poverty-stricken and its propensity for transferring wealth to the rich.
Publication/Creation
New York : Macmillan Company ; London : Macmillan & Co., Ltd., 1903 (Norwood, Mass. : Norwood Press J.S. Cushing & Co. - Berwick & Smith)
Physical description
xiii pages, 1 unnumbered page, 319 pages, 5 unnumbered pages, 19 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Notes
"With many illustrations from photographs."
"Set up, electrotyped, and published October 1903"--Title page verso
With [3] pages of publisher's advertisements at end, undated.
Last page blank.
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Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed storesM30494