Comments on: A Child of the Jago – Arthur Morrison (1892) http://blog.otherstories.co.uk/2009/03/a-child-of-the-jago/ Books, Feminism, and Other Stories Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:20:05 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Catherine Pope http://blog.otherstories.co.uk/2009/03/a-child-of-the-jago/comment-page-1/#comment-217 Catherine Pope Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:43:38 +0000 http://feministbookworm.wordpress.com/?p=381#comment-217 Well, I'm close to producing a new edition, if only I can sort out the copyright issues! Stay tuned. Well, I’m close to producing a new edition, if only I can sort out the copyright issues! Stay tuned.

]]> By: Kirsty http://blog.otherstories.co.uk/2009/03/a-child-of-the-jago/comment-page-1/#comment-216 Kirsty Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:53:29 +0000 http://feministbookworm.wordpress.com/?p=381#comment-216 I haven't got to the Sarah Black book yet, and I'm certainly very interested in what she says about eugenics. Sounds like it could be very relevant to my essay. Juxtabook - I think you should definitely read it. It's pretty short and it's very easy to read. And plus, if it means you will sell it then all the better - there only seems to be one edition in print over here at the moment! I haven’t got to the Sarah Black book yet, and I’m certainly very interested in what she says about eugenics. Sounds like it could be very relevant to my essay.

Juxtabook – I think you should definitely read it. It’s pretty short and it’s very easy to read. And plus, if it means you will sell it then all the better – there only seems to be one edition in print over here at the moment!

]]> By: Juxtabook http://blog.otherstories.co.uk/2009/03/a-child-of-the-jago/comment-page-1/#comment-215 Juxtabook Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:24:23 +0000 http://feministbookworm.wordpress.com/?p=381#comment-215 Thanks for this review. Rare to see it mentioned at all. I have had a copy parked in stock for a coule of years and should get round to reading it . However, secondhand bookseller's lore states that if I start reading it then it'll sell. Thanks for this review. Rare to see it mentioned at all. I have had a copy parked in stock for a coule of years and should get round to reading it . However, secondhand bookseller’s lore states that if I start reading it then it’ll sell.

]]> By: Catherine Pope http://blog.otherstories.co.uk/2009/03/a-child-of-the-jago/comment-page-1/#comment-214 Catherine Pope Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:56:51 +0000 http://feministbookworm.wordpress.com/?p=381#comment-214 Have you read 'The Darkest Streets' yet? Sarah Wise thinks Morrison had a rather different agenda, and was more eugenicist than social reformer. It's interesting that the Old Nichol area was razed to the ground and the slums have been replaced with swanky apartments, which the likes of Kiddo and Dicky wouldn't have a hope of inhabiting. The problem was simply moved further away. Mind you, Morrison does make the point that the Jago slums are actually more expensive per square footage than property in the wealthy parts of town. People were making money from renting out these squalid hovels, such as Mother Gapp in this novel, and John Jarndyce in 'Bleak House'. I'm sure there are also plenty of real world examples. Have you read ‘The Darkest Streets’ yet? Sarah Wise thinks Morrison had a rather different agenda, and was more eugenicist than social reformer.

It’s interesting that the Old Nichol area was razed to the ground and the slums have been replaced with swanky apartments, which the likes of Kiddo and Dicky wouldn’t have a hope of inhabiting. The problem was simply moved further away.

Mind you, Morrison does make the point that the Jago slums are actually more expensive per square footage than property in the wealthy parts of town. People were making money from renting out these squalid hovels, such as Mother Gapp in this novel, and John Jarndyce in ‘Bleak House’. I’m sure there are also plenty of real world examples.

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