"London Labour and the London Poor, Vol. 4" by Henry Mayhew is a record of London's non-working population in the mid-1800s. It pulls back the curtain on the tough lives of the city's outcasts – criminals, beggars, and prostitutes – while providing insight into the forces acting on them. Narrated through the author’s wide-ranging conversations with his hard-luck subjects, the book shows what life is like for the "Dangerous Classes”, examining their reasons, ways of life, and webs of crime necessary for survival. The text opens with the author laying out the book’s mission to capture the stark lives of people living in the margins of London society, pointing out that they were largely invisible to the upper class. The book serves as a guide on how London’s social problems were being confronted at the time, and it shows a city where destitution mixes with the potential for change.
London Labour and the London Poor, Vol. 4
By Henry Mayhew
Venture into Victorian London's hidden underbelly and discover the harrowing lives of those who dwelled in the shadows, struggling against crime and poverty.
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About the AuthorHenry Mayhew was an English journalist, playwright, and advocate of reform. He was one of the co-founders of the satirical magazine Punch in 1841, and was the magazine's joint editor, with Mark Lemon, in its early days. He is also known for his work as a social researcher, publishing an extensive series of newspaper articles in the Morning Chronicle that was later compiled into the three-volume book London Labour and the London Poor (1851), a groundbreaking and influential survey of the city's poor.
Henry Mayhew was an English journalist, playwright, and advocate of reform. He was one of the co-founders of the satirical magazine Punch in 1841, and was the magazine's joint editor, with Mark Lemon, in its early days. He is also known for his work as a social researcher, publishing an extensive series of newspaper articles in the Morning Chronicle that was later compiled into the three-volume book London Labour and the London Poor (1851), a groundbreaking and influential survey of the city's poor.
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