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Critical Essays on Arthur Morrison and the East End
In 1896, author Arthur Morrison gained notoriety for his bleak and violent A Child of the Jago, a slum novel that captured the desperate struggle to survive among London’s poorest. When a reviewer accused Morrison of exaggerating the depravity of the neighborhood on which the Jago was based, he incited the era’s most contentious public debate about the purpose of realism and the responsibilities of the novelist. In his self-defense and in his wider body of work, Morrison demonstrated not only his investments as a formal artist, but also his awareness of social questions. As the first critical essay collection on Arthur Morrison and the East End, this book assesses Morrison’s contributi...
7 Best Short Stories by Arthur Morrison
Arthur Morrison was noted for realist novels and short stories describing slum life in London's East End at the end of the Victorian era. This selection chosen by the critic August Nemo contains the following stories: - That Brute Simmos - A Poor Stick - Behind the Shade - To Bow Bridges - A Conversation - All That Messuage - Three Hounds
Arthur Morrison and the East End
This, the first critical biography of Arthur Morrison (1863-1945), presents his East End writing as the counter-myth to the cultural production of the East End in late-Victorian realism. Morrison’s works, particularly Tales of Mean Streets (1894) and A Child of the Jago (1896), are often discussed as epitomes of slum fictions of the 1890s as well as prime examples of nineteenth-century realism, but their complex contemporary reception reveals the intricate paradoxes involved in representing the turn-of-the-century city. Arthur Morrison and the East End examines how an understanding of the East End in the Victorian cultural imagination operates in Morrison’s own writing. Engaging with the...
Arthur Morrison, Collection Novels
Arthur George Morrison (1863, 1945) was an English writer and journalist known for his realistic novels and stories about working-class life in London's East End, and for his detective stories, featuring the detective Martin Morrison's best known work of fiction is his novel A Child of the Jago (1896). In this book: Tales of Mean Streets (1894) Chronicles of Martin Hewitt, (1895) A Child of the Jago, (1896) The Hole in the Wall, (1902) The red triangle, (1903) Martin Hewitt, Investigator, (1894) The Thing In the Upper Room The Case of Laker, Absconded, 1895 A Burgling Incident, 1905
A Arthur Morrison Notes
Notes by A. Arthur Morrison.
Green Ginger (1909). By: Arthur Morrison
Arthur George Morrison (1 November 1863 - 4 December 1945) was an English writer and journalist known for his realistic novels and stories about working-class life in London's East End, and for his detective stories, featuring the detective Martin Hewitt. He also collected Japanese art and published several works on the subject. He left a large collection of paintings and other works of art to the British Museum after his death in 1945.Morrison's best known work of fiction is his novel A Child of the Jago (1896). Early life: Morrison was born in Poplar, in the East End of London, on 1 November 1863. His father George was an engine fitter at the London Docks. George died in 1871 of tuberculos...
Divers Vanities (1905). By: Arthur Morrison
Arthur George Morrison (1 November 1863 - 4 December 1945) was an English writer and journalist known for his realistic novels and stories about working-class life in London's East End, and for his detective stories, featuring the detective Martin Hewitt. He also collected Japanese art and published several works on the subject. He left a large collection of paintings and other works of art to the British Museum after his death in 1945.Morrison's best known work of fiction is his novel A Child of the Jago (1896). Early life: Morrison was born in Poplar, in the East End of London, on 1 November 1863. His father George was an engine fitter at the London Docks. George died in 1871 of tuberculos...
The Complete Works
Arthur Morrison's *The Complete Works* consolidates his significant contributions to late 19th and early 20th-century literature, enveloping readers in a profound exploration of Victorian society. His adept narrative style juxtaposes stark realism with finely drawn character studies, reflecting the struggles of the working class while critiquing the entrenched social hierarchies of his time. Morrison's intricate prose deftly captures the spirit of the East End of London, immersing the reader in atmospheric settings that reveal both the beauty and hardship of urban life, thus situating his work within the broader context of naturalism and social commentary. Morrison, born to a modest family i...
Divers Vanities
Arthur George Morrison (1 November 1863 - 4 December 1945) was an English writer and journalist known for his realistic novels and stories about working-class life in London's East End, and for his detective stories, featuring the detective Martin Hewitt. He also collected Japanese art and published several works on the subject. He left a large collection of paintings and other works of art to the British Museum after his death in 1945. Morrison's best known work of fiction is his novel A Child of the Jago (1896)Morrison was born in Poplar, in the East End of London, on 1 November 1863. His father George was an engine fitter at the London Docks. George died in 1871 of tuberculosis, leaving his wife Jane with three children including Arthur. Arthur spent his youth in the East End. In 1879 he began working as an office boy in the Architect's Department of the London School Board.
The Complete Works of Arthur Morrison (Including Martin Hewitt Detective Mysteries, Sketches of the Old London Slum & Tales of the Supernatural) - Illustrated
This carefully crafted ebook: "The Complete Works of Arthur Morrison (Including Martin Hewitt Detective Mysteries, Sketches of the Old London Slum & Tales of the Supernatural) - Illustrated” is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Arthur Morrison (1863-1945) was an English author known for his detective stories, featuring the detective Martin Hewitt, realistic, lower class answer to Sherlock Holmes. Martin Hewitt stories are similar in style to those of Conan Doyle, cleverly plotted and very amusing, while the character himself is a bit less arrogant and a bit more charming than Holmes. Morrison is also known for his realistic novels and stories abou...
