A Child of the Jago Audiobook (Unabridged)

" Painful story of an impovershed family in London who must lie, steal and murder to feed themselves. Statement on the demoralizing effects of hunger, poverty and ghetto mentality. "

" I even cried when the baby died. "

" A completely absorbing tale of life in a London slum in the late 1880s. This is a book that I will read again and again - it is so real that you feel that you are part of it instead of being an onlooker. If you like Dickens you will love this.Can't rate it highly enough. "

" The plight of everyone in this story is excruciating and utterly depressing to read. The despair and tragedy is literally non-stop. Yet somehow, through all the death and poverty and horror of the Victorian working class condition, there are moments of poignant beauty. "

" another college required reading book. This is what you get when you are an english major "

" A stuffy old Victorian novel about the Old Nichol slums in East London, just before they were dismantled to make way for the Boundary Estate. Best read as an historical curio than a novel. I chased this up after reading about it in Lynsey Hanley's 'Estates'. "

" I enjoyed this novel, despite its unrelenting bleakness I found an affinity with the characters. "

" A stuffy old Victorian novel about the Old Nichol slums in East London, just before they were dismantled to make way for the Boundary Estate. Best read as an historical curio than a novel. I chased this up after reading about it in Lynsey Hanley's 'Estates'. "

" another college required reading book. This is what you get when you are an english major "

" Painful story of an impovershed family in London who must lie, steal and murder to feed themselves. Statement on the demoralizing effects of hunger, poverty and ghetto mentality. "