The People Of the Abyss

de London, Jack

The experiences related in this volume fell to me in the summer of 1902. I went down into the under-world of London with an attitude of mind which I may best liken to that of the explorer. I was open to be convinced by the evidence of my eyes, rather than by the teachings of those who had not seen, or by the words of those who had seen and gone before. Further, I took with me certain simple criteria with which to measure the life of the under-world. That which made for more life, for physical and spiritual health, was good; that which made for less life, which hurt, and dwarfed, and distorted life, was bad.It will be readily apparent to the reader that I saw much that was bad. Yet it must not be forgotten that the time of which I write was considered "good times" in England. The starvation and lack of shelter I encountered constituted a chronic condition of misery which is never wiped out, even in the periods of greatest prosperity.Following the summer in question came a hard winter. Great numbers of the unemployed formed into processions, as many as a dozen at a time, and daily marched through the streets of London crying for bread. Mr. Justin McCarthy, writing in the month of January 1903, to the New York Independent, briefly epitomises the situation as follows:-"The workhouses have no space left in which to pack the starving crowds who are craving every day and night at their doors for food and shelter. All the charitable institutions have exhausted their means in trying to raise supplies of food for the famishing residents of the garrets and cellars of London lanes and alleys. The quarters of the Salvation Army in various parts of London are nightly besieged by hosts of the unemployed and the hungry for whom neither shelter nor the means of sustenance can be provided."It has been urged that the criticism I have passed on things as they are in England is too pessimistic. I must say, in extenuation, that of optimists I am the most optimistic. But I measure manhood less by political aggregations than by individuals. Society grows, while political machines rack to pieces and become "scrap." For the English, so far as manhood and womanhood and health and happiness go, I see a broad and smiling future. But for a great deal of the political machinery, which at present mismanages for them, I see nothing else than the scrap heap.

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This is a very interesting book set in London in the first decade of the twentieth century. You can read it as a social history as long as you remember what Alexander Masters writes in the foreword to the book; 'as an objective, trustworthy analysis, Abyss won’t do at all'.In 1902 Jack London moves temporarily into East End, disguised as a poor inhabitant. He observes and tells us about how the poor in East End live and how they go about their daily chores.Even if not everything in the book is considered trustworthy the stories tell us a lot of the persistence of social inequality in Britain. The atmosphere is vividly described and all that happens in the book seems genuine.Besides the stories of different people there are statistics, all showing the misery the working class lived in during the first years of the twentieth century.All together the book is absolutely worth reading, especially if you are interested in the history of England.

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New York: The MacMillan Company, 1903. First Edition . Cloth. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [photographs]. Near Fine. New York: The MacMillan Company, 1903. First Edition [BAL 11877], Sisson & Martens p. 15. Signed and inscribed by Becky London to her friend Mark Zamen. Photographically illustrated. Hefty octavo, xiii,[1],319,[1]+[3]ad pp. Gray/Blue cloth stamped… Saber más sobre este artículo
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New York: The Macmillan Company, 1903. First Edition . Blue Cloth. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8 1/2" Tall. Photographs Throughout. Xiii, 319 Pp. Blue Cloth Stamped In Gilt And Black, Top Edge Gilt, Foredge And Bottom Edge Deckled. Publishing Date 1903 On Title Page, And October 1903 On Copyright Page. First Issue Blue Binding [There Is… Saber más sobre este artículo
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plum: Echo Library, 2007. Paperback. Good. Condition clean. A graphic investigation of London's slum conditions
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London: Isbister & Co, 1903. 1st edition. Hardcover. Provenance: Bookplate of Clare Knowles. Finely bound in half aniline calf over boards. Frontispiece accompanied with a guard sheet. Publisher's device. Spine compartments uniformly tooled in gilt. Spine almost detached. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: xiv, 322 pages; (8º); illustrated. Subjects:Stories. Collections. London Social conditions. London (England) Social conditions 20th… Saber más sobre este artículo
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Joseph Simon. Fine. 1980. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. 0934710031 . 203 pp.; 8vo; gilt lettered green cloth back & illustrated paper over boards, in slipcase. Forward by Clarice Stasz. A nicely executed fine press edition of the prophetic depiction of economic class struggle and revolution. .
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This well-preserved volume has only minimal wear and rubbing to binding with a spine slightly faded. Pages 251-252 have been inexpertly cut but are only damaged along the edges. Hinge is tight and pages are clean. Author, London, spent two months living and working among the poor in London, England's East End in order to understand and document the lives and… Saber más sobre este artículo
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New York and London: The Macmillan Company, 1904. Reprinted. Hardcover. Octavo, 319 pages. In Fair condition. Mild age toning exteriorly with few small chips to the head/tail edges. Spine blue with gilt lettering. Boards have moderate exteriorly with whitish soiling as well as rubbing wear to the spine and head/tail edges. Text block has moderate age toning to the… Saber más sobre este artículo
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Toronto:: George N. Morang & Company,, 1903.. First Canadian edition (from the US sheets).. publisher's gilt-lettered blue cloth.. There are two leaves that have old repairs to the fore-edge, extending about 1/2" into the marginal area. Spine very slightly darker than the cloth sides; very light use; clean, tight and sound. . 8vo,. With many illustrations from… Saber más sobre este artículo
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New York: The Macmillan Company, 1903. First Edition . Blue Cloth. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8 1/2" Tall. Photographs Throughout. Xiii, 319 Pp. Blue Cloth Stamped In Gilt And Black, Top Edge Gilt, Foredge And Bottom Edge Deckled. Publishing Date 1903 On Title Page, And October 1903 On Copyright Page. First Issue Blue Binding [There Is… Saber más sobre este artículo
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