Tales of Mean Streets

By Arthur Morrison,

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1 author picked Tales of Mean Streets as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

This is another book written by a journalist. The stories in it are about the working class and destitute life in London at the end of the nineteenth century. Not only do they portray intimate relationships, prostitution, crime, and alcohol abuse, but they also give a sense of the life stories of the people who lived in these communities.

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