{"product_id":"london-labour-and-the-london-poor-paperback","title":"London Labour and the London Poor - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHenry Mayhew\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRobert Douglas-Fairhurst\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn extraordinary work of investigative journalism, literature, and sociology, \u003cem\u003eLondon Labour and the London Poor\u003c\/em\u003e originated in a series of articles for a local newspaper and grew into a massive record of the daily life of Victorian London's underclass. By turns alarming, touching, and funny, the pages of \u003cem\u003eLondon Labour and the London Poor\u003c\/em\u003e exposed a previously hidden world. Henry Mayhew conducted hundreds of interviews that provided a first-hand account of costermongers and street-sellers, of sewer-scavengers and chimney-sweeps, creating an intimate and detailed portrait that offered unprecedented insight into their day-to-day struggle for survival. Combined with Mayhew's comprehensive data gathering, these stories have an immediacy that owes much to his sympathetic understanding and effective literary style. This new selection offers a cross-section of the original volumes and their evocative illustrations, including among other features an introduction by Robert Douglas-Fairhurst that illuminates Mayhew's life and career, the genesis and development of the book, and its influence on contemporaries such as Dickens and Kingsley.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHenry Mayhew\u003c\/strong\u003e was a journalist, novelist, dramatist, and one of the founding editors of \u003cem\u003ePunch\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRobert Douglas-Fairhurst\u003c\/strong\u003e writes regularly for the \u003cem\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/em\u003e and is Fellow and Tutor in English at Magdalen College, Oxford.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 528\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 7.6 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 18, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48329964159225,"sku":"9780199697571","price":16.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/WFb-8Rut5f9780199697571.webp?v=1777366386","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/london-labour-and-the-london-poor-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}