The People of the Abyss Chapter Twenty - Coffee-Houses and Doss-Houses
In which the grim realities of London’s coffee-houses and doss-houses are laid bare, revealing not only the wretched fare and squalid conditions endured by the working class but also the silent gloom ...
21 Sep 17min
The People of the Abyss Chapter Seventeen - Inefficiency
In which the relentless struggle of London’s working men unfolds amidst competing labour and the harsh calculus of efficiency, revealing how economic necessity forces the least capable to drift ever d...
20 Sep 11min
The People of the Abyss Chapter Eighteen - Wages
In which the stark arithmetic of subsistence wages is laid bare, revealing how families of five must carefully parcel out every penny of a meagre twenty-one shillings weekly income to afford the bares...
20 Sep 11min
The People of the Abyss Chapter Fifteen - The Sea Wife
In which the author visits the humble home of Thomas and Mrs. Mugridge in a poor Kent street, discovering in their weary yet steadfast existence the embodied spirit of England’s enduring work ethic, e...
19 Sep 7min
The People of the Abyss Chapter Sixteen - Property versus People
In which the stark imbalance of justice within a property-obsessed civilisation is laid bare, revealing how crimes against possessions are met with stern punishment while grievous assaults upon person...
19 Sep 9min
The People of the Abyss Chapter Thirteen - Dan Cullen, Docker
In which the life and decline of Dan Cullen, a self-educated docker and labour leader, are vividly portrayed through the grim confines of his squalid lodgings and the harsh indifference of the world a...
18 Sep 9min
The People of the Abyss Chapter Fourteen - Hops and Hoppers
In which the exiled toilers of London’s dank streets heed the urgent call of the hop fields in Kent, only to find themselves ill-fitted and ill-paid for the cruel toil beneath open skies, their bodies...
18 Sep 14min
The People of the Abyss Chapter Eleven - The Peg
In which a weary wanderer seeks refuge at a Salvation Army breakfast for the destitute, only to find not solace but a rigid regimen of waiting, preaching, and meagre fare that tests the patience and d...
17 Sep 21min
