Library People of the Abyss

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People of the Abyss - Jack London descends from the wilderness of America to explore the wilderness of Edwardian London

Jack London, author of White Fang and The Call of the Wild gets it into his head to immerse himself in the underbelly of London at the turn of the century. With a coin sewed into the lining of his coat, he embarks on one of the original journeys of investigative nonfiction. His reaction as an American to the misery taken for granted by the English is lucid and sometimes quite funny. His influence on George Orwell is palpable.

" I thought it was cigar and cigarette stumps they...

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