A Child of the Jago
| Language | en |
|---|---|
| First published | 2011-08-03 |
| Rights | Public domain in the USA. |
| Gutenberg ID | #36958 |
Description
"A Child of the Jago" by Arthur Morrison is a novel published in 1896. It follows young Dicky Perrott growing up in the Old Jago, a fictional slum in London's East End. Surrounded by poverty, violence, and crime, Dicky navigates a brutal world where survival means theft and betrayal. When a clergyman offers him a chance at honest work, hope flickers briefly—but the slum's grip proves difficult to escape in this stark portrait of Victorian London's underclass. (This is an automatically generated summary.)