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Come oot o' the gutter, ye nickum! Cried, in harsh, half-masculine voice, a woman standing on the curbstone of a short, narrow, dirty lane, at right angles to an important thoroughfare, itself none of the widest or cleanest. She was dressed in dark petticoat and print wrapper. One of her shoes was down at the heel, and discovered a great hole in her stocking. Had her black hair been brushed and displayed, it would have revealed a thready glitter of grey, but all that was now visible of it was only two or three untidy tresses that dropped from under a cap of black net and green ribbons, which looked as if she had slept in it. Her face must have been handsome when it was young and fresh; but it was now beginning to look tattooed, though whether the colour was from without or from within, it would have been hard to determine. Her black eyes looked resolute, almost fierce, above her straight, well-formed nose. Yet evidently circum stance clave fast to her. She had never risen above it, and was now plainly subjected to it.
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Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book tells the story of Gibbie, a young boy, living homeless on the streets of a Scottish city, in the second half of the 19th century, and George Galbraith, his drunken cobbler father. The author, who like Gibbie grew up on the streets of a Scottish city, provides a unique perspective on life among the working poor in the late Victorian era, with all its hardship, brutality, and camaraderie, and all its love and hope. The book explores the nature of alcoholism and the vulnerability of children, but beyond this, looks at the resilience of the human spirit and the power of human kindness, even in the darkest of circumstances. Capturing the soul of a city at a particular point in history, the book gives the reader a keen insight into the lives of the many who lived beyond the pale of the respectable and comfortable middle classes of the time and whose lives are now largely forgotten. This is a story of great humanity that delves deep into the complexities of human behavior and holds up a mirror to the compassion and brutality of which we are all capable. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Seller Inventory # 9780243915095_0
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Condition: Hervorragend. Zustand: Hervorragend | Seiten: 326 | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | Keine Beschreibung verfügbar. Seller Inventory # 28576011/1