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  • Voices of Victorian London

    In Sickness and in Health

    by Henry Mayhew ...
    Verbatim, unflinching interviews with poor working Victorians from a journalist whose interviews, published in a national newspaper, influenced Charles Dickens' creation of characters in his novels History is written by historians, and the voices of ordinary people are rarely featured, but this unique collection of interviews from the middle of the 19th century allows their voices to be heard. The ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • London Labour and the London Poor (Complete)

    by Henry Mayhew ...
    The present volume is the first of an intended series, which it is hoped will form, when complete, a cyclopædia of the industry, the want, and the vice of the great Metropolis. It is believed that the book is curious for many reasons: It surely may be considered curious as being the first attempt to publish the history of a people, from the lips of the people themselves—giving a literal ... Read more

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  • The London Underworld In The Victorian Period - Authentic First-Person Accounts By Beggars, Thieves And Prostitutes

    by Henry Mayhew ...
    This vintage book contains Henry Mayhew's account of the London Underworld during the Victorian period, constructed from authentic first-person accounts by beggars, thieves and prostitutes. Hailed as the first and perhaps greatest sociological studies of poverty in 19th-century London, this survey practiced the techniques of oral history - a hundred years before the term was first coined. It ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • London Labour and the London Poor

    by Henry Mayhew, Robert Douglas-Fairhurst ...
    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    London Labour and the London Poor is an extraordinary work of investigative journalism, a work of literature, and a groundbreaking work of sociology. It originated in a series of articles for a London newspaper and grew into a massive record of the daily life of Victorian London's underclass. Mayhew conducted hundreds of interviews with the city's street traders, entertainers, thieves and beggars ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • London Labour and the London Poor

    by Henry Mayhew ...
    London Labour and the London Poor originated in a series of newspaper articles written by the great journalist Henry Mayhew between 1849 and 1850. A dozen years later, it had grown into the fullest picture we have of labouring people in the world's greatest city in the nineteenth century: a four volume account of the hopes, customs, grievances and habits of the working-classes that allows them to ... Read more

    $16.59 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

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    London Labour and the London Poor

    by Henry Mayhew, David Timson ...
    Narrated by David Timson ...

    Unabridged

    27 hours 14 min

    London Labour and the London Poor is a rare and fascinating insight into the lives and struggles of the 19th-century poor. Written by journalist and reformer Henry Mayhew, a founder and editor of the satirical magazine Punch, it collects hundreds of testimonials from the lower strata of Victorian society. We encounter street entertainers, ‘pure finders’, cabinetmakers, gingerbread sellers, ... Read more

    $31.00 USD

    Also available as: eBooks

    Also available as: eBooks

  • The wonders of science : Or, young Humphry Davy

    by Henry Mayhew ...
    In The wonders of science; Or, young Humphry Davy, Henry Mayhew turns the life of the great chemist into an edifying narrative for young readers, tracing Davy's rise from a Cornish apothecary's boy to President of the Royal Society. The book celebrates self-education, experimental curiosity, and the transformative power of science, presenting natural philosophy not as abstraction but as a path of ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Voices of the Poor

    Selections from the "Morning Chronicle" "Labour and the Poor"

    by Henry Mayhew ...
    First Published in 1971. This is a collection of the influential letters (or articles) on the 'Labour and the Poor' written by Henry Mayhew for the Morning Chronicle as part of his contributions to the papers' survey of conditions among the lower classes. Charles Kingsley and the Christian Socialists pressed for sanitation reform because of Mayhew's revelations about Jacob's Island, a slum in ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

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    London Labour And The London Poor Volume I (Unabridged)

    by HENRY MAYHEW ...
    Narrated by Maxwell Chung ...

    Unabridged

    53 hours 15 min

    Subtitled, "A Cyclopaedia of the condition and earnings of those that will work, those that cannot work, and those that will not work." "The history of a people from the lips of the people themselves .. their labour, earnings, trials and sufferings, in their own unvarnished language, and to pourtray the condition of their homes and their families by personal observation of the places ..." "My ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

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    London Labour And The London Poor Volume Ii (Unabridged)

    by HENRY MAYHEW ...
    Narrated by Paul Jenkins ...

    Unabridged

    62 hours 3 min

    Subtitled, "A Cyclopaedia of the condition and earnings of those that will work, those that cannot work, and those that will not work." "The history of a people from the lips of the people themselves .. their labour, earnings, trials and sufferings, in their own unvarnished language, and to pourtray the condition of their homes and their families by personal observation of the places ..." "My ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • The Greatest Plague Of Life, Or The Adventures Of A Lady In Search of A Good Servant By one who has been "Almost Worried to Death"

    Restored Classics to Go Edition

    by Henry Mayhew ...
    Series series
    Excerpt: "Ever since we first commenced housekeeping, I cannot say the creatures have let me know one day's perfect peace. A more indulgent master and mistress I am sure they never could have had. For myself, if they had been my own children I could not have looked after them more than I did—continually instructing them, and even sometimes condescending to do part of their work for them myself, ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • 1851

    The adventures of Mr. and Mrs. Sandboys and family at the Great Exhibition

    by Henry Mayhew ...
    In "1851," Henry Mayhew offers a profound exploration of the socio-economic landscape of Victorian England during the Great Exhibition, utilizing a keen journalistic style that merges meticulous observation with vivid storytelling. Through his compelling narratives, Mayhew eloquently captures the voices and experiences of diverse social classes, illuminating the stark contrasts between the ... Read more

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