“My earnest hope is that the book may serve to give the rich a more intimate knowledge of the sufferings, and the frequent heroism under those sufferings, of the poor.”

About Henry Mayhew

Journalist • English

Henry Mayhew was a pioneering English journalist, social researcher, and playwright born in London. He is most famous for co-founding the satirical magazine Punch in 1841 and for his monumental work, London Labour and...