Résultats pour "Jago" dans Sciences sociales et politiques

A Child of the Jago is both thriller and condemnation of social conditions in the East End slums at the turn of the century. Boy hero Dicky Perrott is at heart full of humane instinct but his environment ensures his down fall. "It was my fate to encounter a place in Shoreditch where children were born and reared in circumstances which gave them no reasonable chance of living decent lives: where they were born fore-damned to a criminal or semi criminal career.

This grimly picturesque novel by Arthur Morrison was first published in 1897. The central character is Dicky Perrott, an urchin living in the Jago, an extremely squalid district of London's East End. The Jago is based on the Old Nichol slum, which lay at the back of Shoreditch High Street, and which has since been demolished. The novel describes Dicky's futile attempts to escape from the soul-destroying environment of the Jago, with the support of the Reverend Henry Sturt, who was based on the historical East End crusader, Arthur Osborne Jay, to whom the book is dedicated.

Delve into the gritty realities of life in the East End slums, where hardship and resilience collide in a series of compelling narratives. "Child of the Jago" serves as a thematic anchor, guiding listeners through a rotating collection of audiobooks that illuminate the struggles of the impoverished and the impact of crime and violence on their lives. Each episode presents a new complete audiobook, inviting you to witness the harsh truths faced by those living on the margins of society. This is not a single story, but a tapestry of unique explorations that reveal the human spirit's fight ...