TY - BOOK AU - London,Jack TI - The People of the Abyss AV - HV PY - 1999/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Poor -- England -- London KW - London (England) -- Social conditions N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_People_of_the_Abyss; Release date is 1999-03-01; David Price; Original publication data not identified N2 - "The People of the Abyss" by Jack London is a book published in 1903. It documents London's firsthand experience living among the poor in London's East End slums. Disguising himself and sleeping in workhouses and on streets, the American author immersed himself in the desperate conditions of Whitechapel's working-class. This unflinching account of urban poverty shocked readers and later inspired George Orwell's own investigations into destitution, influencing works like "Down and Out in Paris and London." (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1688 ER -