A Child of the Jago

Name: A Child of the Jago
Author: Arthur Morrison

by Arthur Morrison

Novel of a boy's brutal upbringing in crime-ridden East London slums

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Arthur Morrison

Morrison was a pioneering social realist whose Tales of Mean Streets and A Child of the Jago offered unprecedented portraits of the East End slums without sentiment or evasion. His work alongside Gissing defines the naturalist wing of late Victorian fiction.

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