Description: Further DetailsTitle: A Child of the JagoCondition: NewEAN: 9780199605514ISBN: 9780199605514Publisher: Oxford University PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 02/09/2012Item Height: 196mmItem Length: 129mmItem Width: 15mmLanguage: EnglishISBN-10: 0199605513Description: 'The Jago had got him, and it held him fast.'In the worst of London's East End slums, in an area called the Jago, young Dicky Perrott is used to a life of poverty, crime, and violence. Gang warfare is the order of the day, deaths are commonplace, and thieving the only way to survive. At first Dicky dreams of becoming a High Mobsman - one of the aristocrats of Jago crime - but the efforts of Father Sturt to improve conditions offer him a different path. Dicky's journey takes him through a savage but colourful community of pickpockets and cosh-carriers, where the police only enter in threes, and where murder erupts with an unusual horror and intimacy. Morrison's portrayal of the Victorian underclass and its underworld drew attention to the bleak prospects for children living in such surroundings, and it is a classic of slum-fiction. In this edition Peter Miles provides a rich contextual background to the creation of the novel, and the social debates to which it contributed. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range 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, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.Country/Region of Manufacture: GBGenre: HistoryBook Series: Oxford World's ClassicsTopic: Fiction, Classic FictionAuthor: Arthur MorrisonContributor: Peter Miles (Edited by)Item Weight: 191gRelease Year: 2012 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: A Child of the Jago
Title: A Child of the Jago
EAN: 9780199605514
ISBN: 9780199605514
Release Date: 02/09/2012
Release Year: 2012
ISBN-10: 0199605513
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Series: Oxford World's Classics
Contributor: Peter Miles (Edited by)
Book Title: Child of the Jago
Number of Pages: 256 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Topic: General
Publication Year: 2012
Item Height: 0.6 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Fiction
Item Weight: 6.7 Oz
Author: Arthur. Morrison
Item Length: 7.7 in
Book Series: Oxford World's Classics Ser.
Item Width: 5.1 in
Format: Trade Paperback
