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by polyvisual 1001 days ago
If you want to read more about life in 1800s London, you should read The People of the Abyss by Jack London https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_People_of_the_Abyss

It's his first-hand account of spending two weeks living in Whitechapel, East London.

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On look at Mayhew's London Labor and the London Poor, which you can find at gutenberg.org
Thanks, will do.