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    The People of the Abyss (Unabridged)
    The People of the Abyss (Unabridged)
    The People of the Abyss (Unabridged)
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    The People of the Abyss (Unabridged)

    Written by Jack London

    Narrated by David McCran

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    About this audiobook

    The People of the Abyss (1903) is a book by Jack London about life in the East End of London in 1902. He wrote this first-hand account after living in the East End (including the Whitechapel District) for several weeks, sometimes staying in workhouses or sleeping on the streets. In his attempt to understand the working-class of this deprived area of London the author stayed as a lodger with a poor family. The conditions he experienced and wrote about were the same as those endured by an estimated 500,000 of the contemporary London poor. London also used the expression "the people of the abyss" in his later dystopian novel The Iron Heel (1907).
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBookstream Audiobooks
    Release dateJan 29, 2021
    ISBN9783990869932
    The People of the Abyss (Unabridged)
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    Jack London

    Jack London (1876-1916) was not only one of the highestpaid and most popular novelists and short-story writers of his day, he was strikingly handsome, full of laughter, and eager for adventure on land or sea. His stories of high adventure and firsthand experiences at sea, in Alaska, and in the fields and factories of California still appeal to millions of people around the world.

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      One of the most mind-blowing books I've ever read. So well written and descriptive detailing the life of the poor in Victorian London. Hats off to Jack London that he persevered (for the most part) and left this legacy reminding us of attitudes from an era we must never return to. Absolutely horrific. Thank goodness for the unions!