Jack London 
The People of the Abyss 

This antiquarian book contains an account of Jack London’s time spent in the underworld of London in the late nineteenth-century. This thought-provoking and insightful account of life in London’s underbelly highlights the chronic starvation and lack of shelter causing so much misery for so many city-dwellers. This text is recommended for those with an interest in nineteenth-century English life, and it is not to be missed by fans and collectors of London’s seminal work. John Griffith ’Jack’ London (1876 – 1916) was an American writer and activist. Many antiquarian books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, high-quality, modern edition. It comes complete with a specially commissioned biography of the author.