Henry Mayhew
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.
London Labour and the London Poor, Vol. 2
Venture into the teeming streets of Victorian London, where struggling street-sellers hustle to earn a living, as described in vivid detail.
By Henry Mayhew
London Labour and the London Poor, Vol. 3
Discover the hidden world of rat-catchers and street performers in Victorian London, revealing the harsh realities faced by the city’s working class.
By Henry Mayhew
London Labour and the London Poor, Vol. 1
Step into Victorian London and explore the untold stories of the everyday people hustling and struggling to survive in the city's underbelly.
By Henry Mayhew
London Labour and the London Poor, Vol. 4
Venture into Victorian London's hidden underbelly and discover the harrowing lives of those who dwelled in the shadows, struggling against crime and poverty.
By Henry Mayhew
1851; Or, The adventures of Mr. and Mrs. Sandboys and family, who came up to London to enjoy themselves, and to see the Great Exhibition.
A stubbornly resistant family faces comical disasters when their entire village excitedly flocks to London's Great Exhibition without them.
By Henry Mayhew