The People of the Abyss

About this eBook

Author

London, Jack, 1876-1916

Credits

David Price

Language

English

LoC Class

HV: Social sciences: Social pathology, Social and Public Welfare

Subject

London (England) -- Social conditions

Category

Text

eBook-No.

1688

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1688

Release Date

March 1, 1999

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.The People of the Abyss — by Jack London — Contents
2. 2.Untitled
3. 3.PREFACE
4. 4.CHAPTER I. THE DESCENT
5. 5.CHAPTER II. JOHNNY UPRIGHT
6. 6.CHAPTER III. MY LODGING AND SOME OTHERS
7. 7.CHAPTER IV. A MAN AND THE ABYSS
8. 8.CHAPTER V. THOSE ON THE EDGE
9. 9.CHAPTER VI. FRYING-PAN ALLEY AND A GLIMPSE OF INFERNO
10. 10.CHAPTER VII. A WINNER OF THE VICTORIA CROSS
11. 11.CHAPTER VIII. THE CARTER AND THE CARPENTER
12. 12.CHAPTER IX. THE SPIKE
13. 13.CHAPTER X. CARRYING THE BANNER
14. 14.CHAPTER XI. THE PEG
15. 15.CHAPTER XII. CORONATION DAY
16. 16.CHAPTER XIII. DAN CULLEN, DOCKER
17. 17.CHAPTER XIV. HOPS AND HOPPERS
18. 18.CHAPTER XV. THE SEA WIFE
19. 19.CHAPTER XVI. PROPERTY VERSUS PERSON
20. 20.CHAPTER XVII. INEFFICIENCY
21. 21.CHAPTER XVIII. WAGES
22. 22.CHAPTER XIX. THE GHETTO
23. 23.CHAPTER XX. COFFEE-HOUSES AND DOSS-HOUSES
24. 24.CHAPTER XXI. THE PRECARIOUSNESS OF LIFE
25. 25.CHAPTER XXII. SUICIDE
26. 26.CHAPTER XXIII. THE CHILDREN
27. 27.CHAPTER XXIV. A VISION OF THE NIGHT
28. 28.CHAPTER XXV. THE HUNGER WAIL
29. 29.CHAPTER XXVI. DRINK, TEMPERANCE, AND THRIFT
30. 30.CHAPTER XXVII. THE MANAGEMENT
31. 31.CHALLENGE

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