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trindade_claudia's review against another edition
5.0
London Labour gives a whole new perspective to Victorian times in the UK - I wholly recommend this book to people that enjoy Victorian era novels as the information supplied in London Labour enhances any 19th century reading.
I have learned so much of the different jobs that used to be done around London, from crossing sweepers to mud larks, cat meat men and omnibus drivers.
What happened to honest workers once they hit the bottom and what social system was in place to help the sick that aren’t able to work, are questions answered in London Labour and the London Poor.
If you’re interested in history, this is definitely the book to read.
I have learned so much of the different jobs that used to be done around London, from crossing sweepers to mud larks, cat meat men and omnibus drivers.
What happened to honest workers once they hit the bottom and what social system was in place to help the sick that aren’t able to work, are questions answered in London Labour and the London Poor.
If you’re interested in history, this is definitely the book to read.
lottiezeb's review against another edition
Oh my God I finally finished this book.
"By what special virtue of your own are you different from them? How comes it that you are well clothed and well fed, whilst so many go naked and hungry?...get down from your moral stilts and confess it honestly to yourself, that you are what you are by that inscrutable grace which decreed your birthplace to be a mansion or a cottage rather than a 'padding-ken...'"
"By what special virtue of your own are you different from them? How comes it that you are well clothed and well fed, whilst so many go naked and hungry?...get down from your moral stilts and confess it honestly to yourself, that you are what you are by that inscrutable grace which decreed your birthplace to be a mansion or a cottage rather than a 'padding-ken...'"
renardthefox's review against another edition
dark
emotional
informative
sad
slow-paced
2.0
Read for A335.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual violence, Violence, Xenophobia, Excrement, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Cultural appropriation, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation
charlotekerstenauthor's review against another edition
Oh my God I finally finished this book.
"By what special virtue of your own are you different from them? How comes it that you are well clothed and well fed, whilst so many go naked and hungry?...get down from your moral stilts and confess it honestly to yourself, that you are what you are by that inscrutable grace which decreed your birthplace to be a mansion or a cottage rather than a 'padding-ken...'"
"By what special virtue of your own are you different from them? How comes it that you are well clothed and well fed, whilst so many go naked and hungry?...get down from your moral stilts and confess it honestly to yourself, that you are what you are by that inscrutable grace which decreed your birthplace to be a mansion or a cottage rather than a 'padding-ken...'"