A child of the Jago - Couverture rigide

Morrison, Arthur (1863-1945)

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ISBN 10 : 0261618547 ISBN 13 : 9780261618541

Editeur : London : MacGibbon & Kee, 1969

Synopsis

Physical description; 208 p. : map. ; 22 cm. Subjects; Morrison, Arthur 1863-1945. Slums — England — London — Fiction. Boys — England — London — Fiction.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

A Child of the Jago is an 1896 novel by Arthur Morrison. A bestseller in its time,it recounts the brief life of Dicky Perrott, a child growing up in the "Old Jago", a fictionalisation of the Old Nichol,a slum located between Shoreditch High Street and Bethnal Green Road in the East End of London. The novel opens after midnight on a hot summer night, when many of the residents of the Jago, likened to “great rats”, prefer to sleep in the street to avoid the oppressive heat and stench of the closely packed houses. A man lured into a dwelling by a woman is brutally coshed, robbed and dragged unconscious into the street where others remove his boots. Dicky Perrott, 8 or 9 years old (the uncertainty is telling) makes his way home to the single room in which his family dwells, where he finds his mother, Hannah Perrott and flea-bitten baby sister, Looey, but only a crust of bread to eat. As dawn breaks his father, Josh Perrott, returns home with a club sticky with blood and hair, suggesting another robbery. Looking for cake and tea Dicky visits the East End Elevation Mission where well-intentioned middle-class ‘missionaries’ seek to educate and civilise. He dodges the young man on the door and takes the opportunity to steal a gold watch from a bishop. Returning home he proudly hands it to his father, who beats him for stealing but keeps the watch to sell for himself.

Biographie de l'auteur

Arthur Morrison (1863–1945) was an English novelist and journalist best known for his depictions of the British working class in the slums of London’s East End. After working his way up from clerk to contributor, his first serious journalism appeared in the Globe.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: London : MacGibbon & Kee
• Date d'édition: 1969
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0261618547
• ISBN 13: 9780261618541
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
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• Personne responsable: non disponible