Here is the only critical edition of Arthur Morrison's searing tale of life in the slums of London's East End. Peter Miles's comprehensive edition offers unrivalled contextual material about the book, its author, and the social debates to which it contributed. The introduction discusses the real slums of London, Morrison's life and work, the social politics of the book, and its importance as a novel of social realism. Invaluable notes illuminate details of life in the East End and real-life parallels of Morrison's characters and situations. In addition, the book includes a glossary of slang terms. About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

A Child of the Jago (Oxford World's Classics)

Literature & Fiction

MORRISON, ARTHUR

Genre Fiction

Oxford University Press

A child of the Jago;

Contemporary

Macgibbon Kee

A Child of the Jago

History

Franklin Classics

Chronicles of Martin Hewitt

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.

Martin Hewitt, Investigator (Literature of Mystery & Detection Series)

Ayer Co. Pub

In the labyrinthine slums of The Jago's squalid East End, Morrison discovered not only a republic of the Victorian underclass and its nether world of crime and dissolution, but also a dark metaphor for the oppression of mind and spirit that imprisoned its inhabitants.

A Child of the Jago (Everyman's Library)

British & Irish

Everymans Library

First printing of this edition bound in pictorial wrappers. A near fine copy with just a touch of wear to the top right corner else fine.

Best Martin Hewitt Detective Stories

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Dover Pubns

During the 1890s, the heyday of Sherlock Holmes, Martin Hewitt ranked among England's most popular fictional detectives. A favorite of readers of The Strand and other magazines, Hewitt returns in this collection of nine of his best cases. Hewitt enters the scene in "The Lenton Croft Robberies," in which he is called upon to solve three successive jewel robberies whose only clues are three half-burnt wooden matches. In "The Case of the Dixon Torpedo," he must figure out how mechanical drawings for a new weapon could have vanished from an office that no one entered or left. In other cases, Hewitt examines the theft of a valuable cameo from a locked desk in a guarded house, the plunder of gold bullion from the hold of a sinking ship, and the disappearance of a will right from under the noses of the dying man's family. The final four stories concern a suicide that may be a murder, a marital case that isn't as simple as it seems, a clue to a treasure in a piece of music, and the robbery of a sacred relic. Novel and imaginative in subject matter, meticulously plotted, and smoothly written, these stories will captivate mystery lovers.

The Best Martin Hewitt Detective Stories (Dover Mystery Classics)

Mystery

Dover Publications

Kessinger Pub Co

Martin Hewitt Investigator

BiblioLife

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