A Child of the Jago

Though young Dicky Perott lives in a London slum, struggling just to survive, he dreams of the day he is able to leave and provide a better life for himself. Written by Arthur Morrison, A Child of the Jago is a dramatic work that vividly portrays a representation of Old Nichol, an East End London slum prominent during the late 19th century.

About the author

English author and journalist Arthur Morrison (born 1 November 1863; died 4 December 1945) is best known for his realistic books, his depictions of working-class life in London's East End, and his Martin Hewitt-centered detective tales. Additionally, he authored various publications on Japanese art while collecting Japanese artwork. Through donations and purchases, the British Museum now holds a large portion of his collection. Morrison's novel A Child of the Jago is his most well-known piece of fiction (1896). Morrison published his first piece of significant journalism in the newspaper The Globe in 1885. He was hired in 1886 to a position at the People's Palace in Mile End after rising to the rank of the third-class clerk. He was granted reading privileges at the British Museum in 1888, and he went on to publish a series of 13 sketches titled Cockney Corner that chronicled daily life in a number of London neighborhoods, including Soho, Whitechapel, and Bow Street. Around 1,800 Japanese woodblock prints were given by Morrison to the British Museum in 1906.

Product details

• Authors: Arthur Morrison
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.05.2021
• EAN: 9781513280776
• ISBN: 978-1-5132-8077-6
• No. of pages: 156
• Illustrations: Illustrationen, nicht spezifiziert
• Series: Mint Editions; Mint Editions—Literary Fiction; Mint Editions (Literary Fiction)
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Historical / General, FICTION / Classics, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), Central London, Classic crime, Classic crime and mystery fiction, Classic fiction: general and literary