The People of the Abyss: Large Print

By: London, Jack

A profound and moving piece of investigative journalism, Jack London's study of the London underworld remains, a century after it was written, a timely tale of poverty and injustice. In 1902, Jack London purchased some second-hand 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 socialising with the underclass; queuing to get into a doss-house, London was scandalised and brutalised 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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1691420360
• ISBN13: 9781691420360
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.5" x 11.0"