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The Nineteenth Century Was A Time When Not Only Were There Massive Gulfs Being Created Between The Upper, Middling And Working Classes, But There Was Also A Growing Awareness Of The Existence Of An Even More Impoverished Underclass - A Terrifying Demi-monde Of Criminals, Tarts And No-hope Low Lifes. This Was The Layer Of 'ruffians' Identified By Social Investigators Such As Charles Booth And Henry Mayhew. The Extent Of Those Class Divisions And Consequent Poverty Meant That It Could Honestly Be Said By Commentators Of The Time That The Customs, Lives And Even Language Of The Poorest In Society Were Less Familiar To Their More Privileged Neighbours Than Chose Of The Inhabitants Of What Was Known Then As 'darkest Africa'. Gilda O'neill's Exploration Of The Teeming Underbelly That Was To Be Found In The Fog-bound Streets, Rat-infested Slums, Common Lodging Houses, Boozers, Penny Gaffs And Brothels In The Heart Of The Greatest Empire That The World Has Ever Seen Brings To Life The Real Working-class London Of Victoria's Reign.--book Jacket. The Nineteenth Century Was A Time When Not Only Were There Massive Gulfs Being Created Between The Upper, Middling And Working Classes, But There W

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Author

GILDA O'NEILL

Publisher

Viking Children's Books

Published

2006

Language

EN

ISBN

9780670915453

Category

history

Subjects

Social Science, History, Social_sciences

Rating

3.8 / 5 (553 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14