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The People of the Abyss
Jack London
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Jack London lived for a time within the grim and grimy world of the East End of London, where half a million people scraped together hardly enough on which to survive. Even if they were able to work, they were paid only enough to allow them a pitiful existence. He grew to know and empathize with these forgotten (or ignored) people as he spoke with them and tasted the workhouse, life on the streets, … and the food, which was cheap, barely nutritious, and foul.
He writes about his experiences in a fluid and narrative style, making it very clear what he thinks of the social structures which created the Abyss, and of the millionaires who live high on the labors of a people forced to live in squalor. "The food this managing class eats, the wine it drinks, the fine clothes it wears, are challenged by eight million mouths which have never had enough to fill them, and by twice eight million bodies which have never been sufficiently clothed and housed.”
Jack London lived for a time within the grim and grimy world of the East End of London, where half a million people scraped together hardly enough on which to survive. Even if they were able to work, they were paid only enough to allow them a pitiful existence. He grew to know and empathize with these forgotten (or ignored) people as he spoke with them and tasted the workhouse, life on the streets, … and the food, which was cheap, barely nutritious, and foul.
He writes about his experiences in a fluid and narrative style, making it very clear what he thinks of the social structures which created the Abyss, and of the millionaires who live high on the labors of a people forced to live in squalor. "The food this managing class eats, the wine it drinks, the fine clothes it wears, are challenged by eight million mouths which have never had enough to fill them, and by twice eight million bodies which have never been sufficiently clothed and housed.”
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My second attempt to break into the casual ward began more auspiciously. I started in the middle of the afternoon, accompanied by the burning young socialist and another friend, and all I had in my pocket was thru’pence. They piloted me to the Whitechapel Workhouse, at which I peered from around a friendly corner. It was a few minutes past five in the afternoon but already a long and melancholy line was formed, which strung out around the corner of the building and out of sight.
It was a most woeful picture, men and women waiting in the cold grey end of the day for a pauper’s shelter from the night, and I confess it almost unnerved me. Like the boy before the dentist’s door, I suddenly discovered a multitude of reasons for being elsewhere. Some hints of the struggle going on within must have shown in my face, for one of my com. . . Read More
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Community Reviews
What Jacob Riis did for New York City with his photos of tenements, Jack London did for London with his book, The People of the Abyss. The abyss that he referred to was the squalid East End of London, where the poorest of the poor lived and died.
All of the horrors are there, described not by a dispa
My favourite part is his disgust at the coronation
This is a remarkable classic, deserving of a place on the shelf right next to Orwell’s Down and Out in Paris and London. In fact, The People of the Abyss likely inspired Orwell to write his book, according to a biography I read.
If the reader can put aside the fact of London’s strange ambivalence in
Ντοκουμέντο σχετικά με τις άθλιες συνθήκες διαβίωσης των ανθρώπων στο Ήστ Έντ του Λονδίνου στις αρχές του 20ου αιώνα. Εκεί, "στην καρδιά της μεγαλύτερης, πλουσιότερης και ισχυρότερης αυτοκρατορίας που υπήρξε ποτέ στον κόσμο", ο Τζακ Λόντον συναντά τους ανθρώπους της αβύσσου, ζει όπως αυτοί (για επτά
تهیدستان ، دردنامه‌ای است از آنچه که «جک لندن» در سفر سال ۱۹۰۲ به شهر لندن با چشمان خود دیده است.
«جک لندن» به‌عنوان یک «گردشگر-گزارشگر» به منطقه «ایست اِند » به شهر لندن می‌رود تا فقر و بدبختی مردم آنجا را به چشم خود ببیند و آنها را گزارش کند. در وهله اول لباس‌های رسمی خود را در اقامتگاهی دورتر با ل
کتاب فوق‌العاده‌ای از سفر جک لندن و گزارش اون روزهای منطقه‌ی فقیر نشین لندن.
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*جامعه‌ای که اُس و اساسش بر مادیات تکیه داشته باشد و معنویات در آن به پشیزی نیرزد، چماق مادیات کمر معنویات را خرد می‌کند. در چنین جامعه‌ای یک زیان کوچ
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"Açın milyon katı toklar
Yani isteseler rahat rahat doyururlar" Indigo
Bugün ben Milano'nun alışveriş caddesi Via Montenapoleone, Paris'in zamanında aristokratik amaçlara hizmet eden Champs-Élysées ya da Barcelona'nın La Ra
I find myself amazed and honestly a little depressed that a book published in 1903 about the poor of London can seem so relevant today. There are familiar themes of a wealthy, booming society that does little to nothing to care for its indigent, while also passing laws and serving punishments seemin
"Dice un proverbio cinese che, se c'è un uomo che vive nell'ozio, vuol dire che ce n'è un altro che muore di fame"
Nel 1902 Jack London decide di togliersi gli abiti dello scrittore di successo e si cala fra la "marmaglia" del malfamato East End londinese.
Confondendosi tra disperati e vagabondi os