The People of the Abyss
by Jack London
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About This Book
From the author's preface: "The experiences related in this volume fell to me in the summer of 1902. I went down into the underworld of London with an attitude of mind which I may best liken to that of the explorer. I was open to be convinced by the evidence of my eyes, rather than by the teachings of those who had not seen, or by the words of those who had seen and gone before. Further, I took with me certain simple criteria with which to measure the life of the underworld. That which made for more life, for physical and spiritual health, was good; that which made for less life, which hurt, a...
Chapters (30)
- The People of the Abyss
- PREFACE
- CHAPTER I. THE DESCENT
- CHAPTER II. JOHNNY UPRIGHT
- CHAPTER III. MY LODGING AND SOME OTHERS
- CHAPTER IV. A MAN AND THE ABYSS
- CHAPTER V. THOSE ON THE EDGE
- CHAPTER VI. FRYING-PAN ALLEY AND A GLIMPSE OF INFERNO
- CHAPTER VII. A WINNER OF THE VICTORIA CROSS
- CHAPTER VIII. THE CARTER AND THE CARPENTER
- CHAPTER IX. THE SPIKE
- CHAPTER X. CARRYING THE BANNER
- CHAPTER XI. THE PEG
- CHAPTER XII. CORONATION DAY
- CHAPTER XIII. DAN CULLEN, DOCKER
- CHAPTER XIV. HOPS AND HOPPERS
- CHAPTER XV. THE SEA WIFE
- CHAPTER XVI. PROPERTY VERSUS PERSON
- CHAPTER XVII. INEFFICIENCY
- CHAPTER XVIII. WAGES
- CHAPTER XIX. THE GHETTO
- CHAPTER XX. COFFEE-HOUSES AND DOSS-HOUSES
- CHAPTER XXI. THE PRECARIOUSNESS OF LIFE
- CHAPTER XXII. SUICIDE
- CHAPTER XXIII. THE CHILDREN
- CHAPTER XXIV. A VISION OF THE NIGHT
- CHAPTER XXV. THE HUNGER WAIL
- CHAPTER XXVI. DRINK, TEMPERANCE, AND THRIFT
- CHAPTER XXVII. THE MANAGEMENT
- CHALLENGE
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