The streets
By: Anthony Quinn
Edition: Large print edition.
Series: Isis large print
Publisher: ISIS Large Print
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 406
ISBN-13: 9780753192542; 9780753192559
Subjects: Fiction; Social conditions; London (England) - Social conditions - 19th century - Fiction; Large type books
Description: London, 1882. David Wildeblood arrives from Norfolk to work for journalist Henry Marchmont, who wants him to record the standard of living in the Somers Town slum, in order to show the stark realities of London poverty. As David learns the slang of the hawkers, scavengers and mobsmen, he is exposed to the everyday squalor and destitution. A dinner at his godfather's Kensington home introduces him to a cabal of prominent citizens plotting a radical solution to the problem of London's poor. When David realises that a conspiracy is afoot, he finds his life in danger ...
Notes: Standard print edition originally published: London: Jonathan Cape, 2012.