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Title: |
A Child of the Jago |
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| By (author): |
Arthur Morrison Edited by: Diana Maltz |
| ISBN10-13: |
1551119854 : 9781551119854 |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Pages: |
300 |
| Weight: |
.427 Kg. |
| Published: |
Broadview Press - October 2013 |
| List Price: |
21.50 Pounds Sterling |
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In Stock
Qty Available: 35 |
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| â Learn to read and write, learn all you can, learn cunning, spare nobody and stop at nothing. â ¦ Do your devilmost â ¦ for the Jagoâ s got you!â Dicky Perrott, growing up in the notoriously criminal enclave of the Jago, listens and learns. Compelled by his familyâ s circumstances to provide for his mother and siblings, he sharpens his skills as a boy thief. Along the way, he navigates the Jagoâ s topsy-turvy ethics, vacillating between the rival messages of his mentors, a devious local fence and a righteous slum priest. Relentless in its bleakness and violence, A Child of the Jago captures the desperate struggle for survival in 1890s East London. This Broadview Edition provides the literary, socio-historical, and philosophical contexts vital to readersâ understanding and appreciation of the novel. Historical appendices include materials on eugenics, hooliganism, womenâ s sweated labor, cultural philanthropy, and the debate over the novelâ s accuracy. |
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