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In the smoke-choked slums of Clerkenwell, the struggle for survival strips humanity down to its rawest elements. Characters fight against a destiny dictated by crushing poverty, where hope is a dangerous luxury and charity is often futile. This is a bleak, uncompromising vision of the urban underclass that refuses to look away from the darkness.
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GenreLiterary Classics, General Fiction
Length17 hrs 39 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateFeb 24, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1CHAPTER I A THRALL OF THRALLS
22CHAPTER XXII WATCHING FROM AMBUSH
2CHAPTER II A FRIEND IN REQUEST
23CHAPTER XXIII ON THE EVE OF TRIUMPH
3CHAPTER III A SUPERFLUOUS FAMILY
24CHAPTER XXIV THE FAMILY HISTORY PROGRESSES
4CHAPTER IV CLARA AND JANE
25CHAPTER XXV A DOUBLE CONSECRATION
5CHAPTER V JANE IS VISITED
26CHAPTER XXVI SIDNEY’S STRUGGLE
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6CHAPTER VI GLIMPSES OF THE PAST
27CHAPTER XXVII CLARA’S RETURN
7CHAPTER VII MRS. BYASS’S LODGINGS
28CHAPTER XXVIII THE SOUP-KITCHEN
8CHAPTER VIII PENNYLOAF CANDY
29CHAPTER XXIX PHANTOMS
9CHAPTER IX PATHOLOGICAL
30CHAPTER XXX ON A BARREN SHORE
10CHAPTER X THE LAST COMBAT
31CHAPTER XXXI WOMAN AND ACTRESS
11CHAPTER XI A DISAPPOINTMENT
32CHAPTER XXXII A HAVEN
12CHAPTER XII ‘IO SATURNALIA!’
33CHAPTER XXXIII A FALL FROM THE IDEAL
13CHAPTER XIII THE BRINGER OF ILL NEWS
34CHAPTER XXXIV THE DEBT REPAID
14CHAPTER XIV A WELCOME GUEST
35CHAPTER XXXV THE TREASURY UNLOCKED
15CHAPTER XV SUNLIGHT IN DREARY PLACES
36CHAPTER XXXVI THE HEIR
16CHAPTER XVI DIALOGUE AND COMMENT
37CHAPTER XXXVII MAD JACK’S DREAM
17CHAPTER XVII CLEM MAKES A DISCLOSURE
38CHAPTER XXXVIII JOSEPH TRANSACTS MUCH BUSINESS
18CHAPTER XVIII THE JOKE IS COMPLETED
39CHAPTER XXXIX SIDNEY
19CHAPTER XIX A RETREAT
40CHAPTER XL JANE
20CHAPTER XX A VISION OF NOBLE THINGS
41IMPRINT | DISCLAIMER
21CHAPTER XXI DEATH THE RECONCILER
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