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A Child of the Jago
Arthur Morrison
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Description for A Child of the Jago
Paperback. In the slum streets of the Jago, Dicky Perrott lives a life of petty crime and violence. With Father Sturt's arrival, he sees how his horizons might alter. Dicky's story highlights the terrible conditions of the Victorian underworld and the social policy that underpinned it. This edition provides rich contextual background material. Editor(s): Miles, Peter. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages, map of the Jago. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 196 x 16. Weight in Grams: 190.
'The Jago had got him, and it held him fast.' In the worst of London's East End slums, in an area called the Jago, young Dicky Perrott is used to a life of poverty, crime, and violence. Gang warfare is the order of the day, deaths are commonplace, and thieving the only way to survive. At first Dicky dreams of becoming a High Mobsman - one of the aristocrats of Jago crime - but the efforts of Father Sturt to improve conditions offer him a different path. Dicky's journey takes him through a savage but colourful community of pickpockets ... Read more
'The Jago had got him, and it held him fast.' In the worst of London's East End slums, in an area called the Jago, young Dicky Perrott is used to a life of poverty, crime, and violence. Gang warfare is the order of the day, deaths are commonplace, and thieving the only way to survive. At first Dicky dreams of becoming a High Mobsman - one of the aristocrats of Jago crime - but the efforts of Father Sturt to improve conditions offer him a different path. Dicky's journey takes him through a savage but colourful community of pickpockets ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Series
Oxford World's Classics
Condition
New
Weight
195g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199605514
SKU
V9780199605514
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About Arthur Morrison
Peter Miles is the editor of Robert Tressell's The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists for OWC.
Reviews for A Child of the Jago
Our horrified fascination remains unabated
The Independent
The Independent