Introductory materials
Economic themes and contexts in The Mysteries of London
- Queen Victoria and Prince Albert discuss poverty
- “Behold the effects of its infamous Poor-Laws;—contemplate the results of the more atrocious Game-Laws;—mark the consequences of the Corn-Laws.”
- Professional Beggars in London
- Food falsely measured, adulterated, and contaminated
- Working as a shill in an auction house
- Reynolds’ London — unbounded wealth and appalling misery
- “The Rattlesnake’s Story,” or child labor in a coal mine
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