Page 4 , People of the Abyss, The - Jack London Nowhere in the streets of London may one escape the sight of abject poverty, while five minutes' walk from almost any point will bring one to a slum; but the region my hansom was now penetrating was one unending slum. Publication date 1903 Publisher Macmillan Collection americana Digitizing sponsor Google Book from the collections of Harvard University Language English. Something went wrong. The People of the Abyss 142. by Jack London. It was a bit of a dry read, but the gist of it was pretty heartbreaking. First edition, first printing. I don't have a political ax to grind, so I ask myself: what did the author set out to do, and was he successful? Buy the print book Check if you have access via personal or institutional login. A little background. The author goes undercover to document the lives and survival skills of residents in the abominable East Side slum of London, England. The People of the Abyss - Jack London - published by Hesperus Press Limited. The People of the Abyss is a compelling book that offers today’s readers plenty to think about the people submerged in abysmal slums, the culture of poverty and social enslavement in the late Victorian period. Brief content visible, double tap to read full content. Nobody should have to live like that. Des milliers de livres avec la livraison chez vous en 1 jour ou en magasin avec -5% de réduction . William Morris, The Voice of Toil. Jack London (Author) 4.2 out of 5 stars 255 ratings. No_Favorite. Get access. The majority of these, however, were based on secondhand sources. Please try again. He stayed as a lodger with a poor family. People of the Abyss: a book about the deplorable conditions in London's East End in 1902, Reviewed in the United States on May 7, 2014. $9.99. Paperback. The People of the Abyss. LibriVox recording of The People of the Abyss, by Jack London. LibriVox Audiobooks 3,115 views. The characters of this non fiction book are depressingly familiar and could have been written this week. "[4], George Orwell was inspired by The People of the Abyss, which he had read in his teens. Lawrence Hill Books; Reprint edition (June 1, 2004). Read by Peter Yearsley. Buy The People of the Abyss by London, Jack (ISBN: 9781406814934) from Amazon's Book Store. Reviewed in the United States on October 5, 2017. Personally I hate them and will be ordering a real book to take its place. Written in 1902, it is a collection of breath taking insights concerning the abject poverty in London at the turn of the twentieth century. He sometimes slept on the streets; he tried and failed (as so many of them did) to get work. [2], When London wrote The People of the Abyss, the phrase "the Abyss," with its hellish connotation, was in wide use to refer to the life of the urban poor. He wrote this first-hand account by living in the East End (including the Whitechapel District) for several months, sometimes staying in workhouses or sleeping on the streets. By going among the "down and out" and living side-by-side in their reality, the author was able to report first-hand about how bad it was. Any Londoner with a decent salary avoids the East End. London's account was based on the experience of the writer, and proved to be more popular. Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2021, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. The novel is set in the United States; the "people of the abyss" are described as "men, women and children, in rags and tatters, dim ferocious intelligences with all the godlike blotted from their features and all the fiendlike stamped in, apes and tigers, anemic consumptives and great hairy beasts of burden, wan faces from which vampire society had sucked the juice of life, bloated forms swollen with physical grossness and corruption, withered hags and death's-heads bearded like patriarchs, festering youth and festering age, faces of fiends, crooked, twisted, misshapen monsters blasted with the ravages of disease and all the horrors of chronic innutrition—the refuse and the scum of life, a raging screaming, screeching demoniacal horde" (quoted in Theodore Dalrymple, "The Dystopian Imagination," in, The Condition of the Working Class in England, Anticipations of the Reactions of Mechanical and Scientific Progress Upon Human Life and Thought, "difficult to find a more depressing volume", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_People_of_the_Abyss&oldid=1017182769, History of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Their clothes, largely made from the skins of animals, are warm. This was my first large print book, and I bought this as an experiment since I love to read in bed, and paperback print is difficult for me to read with dim light. search results for this author. This is an account of people living in London's eastside and the poverty that they lived with. Despite being written over 100 years ago it's very much current. His "The Road" is about his years as a young man riding the rails as a hobo across the US and Canada, including a 30-day stay in jail for supposed vagrancy in Niagara Falls. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. The poverty, drunkeness wife beating, child beating all jump through the pages. Brutal Reality. Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. This is an excellent book. The People of the Abyss (1903) is a book by Jack London made up of his firsthand account of life in the East End of London. "Where home is a hovel, and dull we grovel, Forgetting the World is fair." [5], The British newspaper journalist and editor Bertram Fletcher Robinson wrote a review of The People of the Abyss for the London Daily Express newspaper. It reminds us that for most citizens, their place in a civil society is fragile and perilous. NOOK Book. The People of the Abyss/Chapter 3. Download Jack London. The People of the Abyss Paperback – 1 Jan. 2007 by Jack London (Author) › Visit Amazon's Jack London Page. Buy a cheap copy of The People of the Abyss book by Jack London. Jack London made a study of them, even to the point of dressing like them and living for a time in the same squalid conditions. Hello Select your address Best Sellers Today's Deals New Releases Electronics Books Customer Service Gift Ideas Home Computers Gift Cards Subscribe and save Sell Today's Deals New Releases Electronics Books Customer Service Gift Ideas Home Computers Gift Cards Subscribe and save Sell [7][8] He wrote several works dealing with these topics, such as his dystopian novel The Iron Heel, his non-fiction exposé The People of the Abyss, The War of the Classes, and Before Adam. Find summaries for every chapter, including a The People of the Abyss Chapter Summary Chart to help you understand the book. View All Available Formats & Editions. In this fascinating volume, Jack London recounts his first-hand experiences living in the slums of the city that bears his name. Hardcover. It was a bit of a dry read, but the gist of it was pretty heartbreaking. People of the abyss. LAMMERS, BENJAMIN J. Ship This Item — Qualifies for Free Shipping Buy Online, Pick up in Store Check Availability at Nearby Stores. The People of the Abyss: Chapter XXVII—The Management In this final chapter it were well to look at the Social Abyss in its widest aspect, and to put certain questions to Civilisation, by the answers to which Civilisation must stand or fall. "[6], which takes place in the United States. Sign in to Purchase Instantly . I keep ordering paperback books and getting these scanned laser-printouts with a cover slapped on instead. The People of the Abyss, Jack London, Jovian Press. EMBED. The Story of Keesh by Jack London - Duration: 24:22. DO NOT BUY, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 9, 2016. Review: The People of the Abyss User Review - Kristy - Goodreads. Fifty thousand people must have passed the bench while I sat upon it, and not one, on such a jubilee occasion as the crowning of the King, felt his heart-strings touched sufficiently to come up and say to the woman: “Here’s sixpence; go and get a bed.” But the women, especially the young women, made witty remarks upon the woman nodding, and invariably set their companions laughing. First published in 1903, it is the account of his stay with a poor family in a deprived area of London. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free. 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