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To certain squeamish readers this useful and well-written volume will prove an unsavoury book; and even to those who have the nerve to witness agony and explore the lurking-places of crime, it will occasion no ordinary sadness and sense of repugnance. Redolent with the unwholesome smell of ill-drained alleys and over-crowded dwellings for the poor, it resounds in every chapter with the cries of violence and the mutterings of woe ... [review of The Seven Curses of London from the Athenaeum, 1869]. The 'Curses' themselves are: 1. Neglected Children 2. Professional Thieves 3. Professional Beggars 4. Fallen Women 5. Drunkenness 6. Betting Gamblers 7. Waste of Charity. There is more of Greenwood's 'undercover' work, including a visit to a 'baby-farmer' — one of those women who advertised in the press to 'adopt' unwanted children for a fee (the fate of such unfortunates was often criminal abuse or neglect). Other vivid passages include interviews with convicts; begging-letter writers; harangues against the corrupting influence of penny dreadfuls (sample prose: "... pouting coral lips, in which a thousand tiny imps of love are lurking ..."); the unfortunate class of prostitutes known as 'dress-lodgers'; a full list of the ingredients used to adulterate beer ("... Multum is a mixture of opium and other ingredients, used to increase the intoxicating qualities of the liquor ... "); a survey of betting scams ("... Mr. Ben W. will forfeit £500 if he does not send first and second for the Chester Cup. Send four stamps and stamped envelope, and promise a present, and I will send you the Chester Cup, Great Northern, Derby, and Oaks winners ...") and a good deal more. All of these combine to paint a revealing picture of life in 1860s London, making this book worthy of your attention. (Amazon)
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GenreHistory, Psychology
Length13 hrs 28 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateSep 3, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1CONTENTS.
17CHAPTER XIII. THE WORK OF PUNISHMENT AND RECLAMATION.
2I.—Neglected Children.
18CHAPTER XIV. BEGGING “DODGES.”
3CHAPTER I. STARTLING FACTS.
19CHAPTER XV. GENTEEL ADVERTISING BEGGARS.
4CHAPTER II. RESPECTING THE PARENTAGE OF SOME OF OUR GUTTER POPULATION.
20IV.—Fallen Women.
5CHAPTER III. BABY-FARMING.
21CHAPTER XVI. THIS CURSE.
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6CHAPTER IV. WORKING BOYS.
22CHAPTER XVII. THE PLAIN FACTS AND FIGURES OF PROSTITUTION.
7CHAPTER V. THE PROBLEM OF DELIVERANCE.
23CHAPTER XVIII. THE PRESENT CONDITION OF THE QUESTION.
8II.—Professional Thieves.
24CHAPTER XIX. SUGGESTIONS.
9CHAPTER VI. THEIR NUMBER AND THEIR DIFFICULTIES.
25V.—The Curse of Drunkenness.
10CHAPTER VII. HOMES AND HAUNTS OF THE BRITISH THIEF.
26CHAPTER XX. ITS POWER.
11CHAPTER VIII. JUVENILE THIEVES.
27CHAPTER XXI. ATTEMPTS TO ARREST IT.
12CHAPTER IX. THE THIEF NON-PROFESSIONAL.
28VI.—Betting Gamblers.: CHAPTER XXII. “ADVERTISING TIPSTERS” AND “BETTING COMMISSIONERS.”
13CHAPTER X. CRIMINAL SUPPRESSION AND PUNISHMENT.
29VII.—Waste of Charity.
14CHAPTER XI. ADULT CRIMINALS AND THE NEW LAW FOR THEIR BETTER GOVERNMENT.
30CHAPTER XXIII. METROPOLITAN PAUPERISM.
15III.—Professional Beggars.
31CHAPTER XXIV. THE BEST REMEDY.
16CHAPTER XII. THE BEGGAR OF OLDEN TIME.
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