London Labour and The London Poor Henry Mayhew Penguin Classics Paperback G

Penguin Classics edition of Henry Mayhew's landmark Victorian social study, "London Labour and the London Poor," selected and introduced by Victor Neuburg. Originally serialized for the Morning Chronicle in 1849-50, this classic work vividly documents the lives of London's working poor, from costermongers to chimney-sweeps to vagrants, offering an unflinching, compassionate portrait of nineteenth-century urban poverty. Illustrated cover features an engraving from Quiver magazine. Vintage paperback in good condition, showing wear consistent with age. A must-have for readers of Victorian social history, journalism, or Dickens-era literature.