A Child of the Jago Contributor(s): Morrison, Arthur (Author) |
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ISBN: 1979033536 ISBN-13: 9781979033534 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $6.17 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2017 |
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BISAC Categories: - Fiction |
Physical Information: 0.26" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.39 lbs) 124 pages |
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Publisher Description: This novel, first published in 1896, is the story of Dick Perrot, born and bred in the Jago; but it is also a brilliant portrait of the community. The Jago is a London slum where crime and violence are the only way of life, and from which there is no escape for the inhabitants. Only the characters themselves are fictional: Morrison's descriptions of the fearful physical conditions are based directly on what he saw. He conjures up an extraordinarily vivid picture of a world which, even as he wrote, was about to vanish in one of the first of the slum clearance schemes. |