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A Child of the Jago
- Narrated by: Peter Joyce
- Length: 6 hrs and 32 mins
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Summary
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. It was my experience to learn the ways of this place, to know its inhabitants, to talk with them, eat, drink and work with them."
Arthur Morrison The author, who rejected the label 'realist', doesn't minimise the violence of the community and A Child of the Jago is an exciting tale indeed.
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- Rich
- 22-07-19
pretty good
yeah, its alright, give it a go. Pretty good story, timeless. Down trodden poor folk struggling to make there way.
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- Lucia
- 27-08-19
Heart breaking but still going on
This is a brilliant story could not stop listening hanging on to every word . A very good twist at the end . I really enjoyed listening to it and it made me cry I felt I got to know the characters really well .
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- Amazon Customer
- 06-09-18
Old recording
Great story and brilliantly read. But the quality of recording was obviously old and would benefit from being remastered. Especially as it wasn’t a cheap buy
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- Anonymous User
- 15-05-23
A good story and description of poor east end life at the time.
A well told story and description of poor east end life at that time.
Not the happiest of stories though which makes it all the more realistic.
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