In Darkest LondonIn Darkest London is a social documentary of the East End in the 1880s. It was originally published in 1889, as Captain Lobe: A Story of the Salvation Army by John Law. Margaret Harkness, who wrote under the pen name of John Law, is considered one of the important expounders of 'social realism' in late 19th century England. Her passionate sense of justice and determined desire for social reform are paramount in all her writings; and her description of the impoverishment in the East End of London, where she lived for several years gathering first hand material about the lives and labour of the people there, is keenly observed. |
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
Captain Lobe | 11 |
Ruth | 19 |
Ruths History | 25 |
I Wish to Dedicate Myself to the Armys Service | 31 |
Slumdom | 38 |
Slumdom continued | 45 |
What it is to be Agnostic | 54 |
Among the Socialists | 113 |
Captain Lobe on Worldliness | 121 |
The Police Court | 129 |
The Bastile | 138 |
A Confession | 146 |
With The HopPickers in Kent | 152 |
Captain Lobes Dream | 160 |
A Letter | 165 |
An East End Doctor | 59 |
He Fascinates Me | 71 |
The Factory | 78 |
The LabourMistress | 89 |
The Factory Girls | 95 |
A Penny Gaff | 103 |
Ruth | 172 |
Another Letter | 179 |
Jane Hardy | 184 |
Mr Pember | 191 |
The Emigrants Ship | 194 |
Common terms and phrases
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