Book Description

Excerpt from East London Visions This book is neither a novel nor (strictly speaking) an autobiography, but rather a statement and criticism of Life on an unusual plan. There is little chronological order or development in the story, which is that of a young man's struggle for a living in London. If the writer in this respect, as also in describing his characters as well as letting them speak for themselves, disregards accepted canons of Art, he does so not in ignorance - for occasionally it is evident that he knows and can observe these rules. He is as if setting down what occurs to him as it occurs, nor does he scruple to employ, as in natural conversation, the first personal pronoun. It would, however, be a mistake to think that behind all the narration there is not really a cogent plan, and even symbolism intended, though the more disguised by this apparently loose treatment. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.