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The People of the Abyss
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Jack London's firsthand account of living among the poor in London's East End slums, documenting the harsh conditions, poverty, and daily struggles he observed there. This work suits readers interested in social history, journalism, or early twentieth-century urban poverty.
A note: the 1999 date is a reissue; the book was originally published in 1902.
Jack London
John Griffith London, better known as Jack London, was an American novelist, journalist and activist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and American magazines, he was one of the first American authors to become an international celebrity and earn a large fortune from writing.
Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Portrait: via Wikipedia (see source).
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