London Labour and the London Poor Volume II: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

London Labour and the London Poor Volume II, credited to Henry Mayhew, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of London Labour and the London Poor Volume II by Henry Mayhew. Read in English by Gillian Hendrie Subtitled, "A Cyclopaedia of the condition and earnings of those that will work, those that cannot work, and those that will not work." "The history of a people from the lips of the people themselves .. their labour, earnings, trials and sufferings, in their own unvarnished language, and to pourtray the condition of their homes and their families by personal observation of the places ..." "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 ..." Henry Mayhew was a social researcher and journalist. He compiled a four volume work in minute detail on the lives of the poor in London, of which this is the second volume, published in 1816. - Summary by Peter Yearsley

Recording facts

• Recording title: London Labour and the London Poor Volume II
• Author credits: Henry Mayhew
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 93
• Listed recording duration: 62:12:48

Catalogue topics

• history
• London
• labor
• labour
• workers
• interviews
• social commentary
• social

Opening tracks: first 24 of 93

1. 01 - Introduction — 34:12
2. 02 - Street Sellers of Second hand articles Part 1 — 51:56
3. 03 - Street Sellers of Second hand articles Part 2 — 51:17
4. 04 - Street Sellers of Second hand articles Part 3 — 56:01
5. 05 - Street Sellers of Second hand articles Part 4 — 53:36
6. 06 - Street Sellers of Second hand articles Part 5 — 38:07
7. 07 - Street Sellers of Second hand articles Part 6 — 35:24
8. 08 - Street Sellers of Live Animals Part 1 — 53:19
9. 09 - Street Sellers of Live Animals Part 2 — 21:17
10. 10 - Street Sellers of Live Animals Part 3 — 47:59
11. 11 - Street Sellers of Live Animals Part 4 — 51:04
12. 12 - Street Sellers of Live Animals Part 5 — 40:22
13. 13 - Street Sellers of Live Animals Part 6 — 24:02
14. 14 - Street Sellers of Mineral Productions and Natural Curiosities Part 1 — 31:25
15. 15 - Street Sellers of Mineral Productions and Natural Curiosities Part 2 — 36:46
16. 16 - Street Sellers of Mineral Productions and Natural Curiosities Part 3 — 40:36
17. 17 - Street Sellers of Mineral Productions and Natural Curiosities Part 4 — 45:00
18. 18 - The Street Buyers Part 1 — 51:35
19. 19 - The Street Buyers Part 2 — 14:06
20. 20 - The Street Buyers Part 3 — 19:00
21. 21 - The Street Jews Part 1 — 29:15
22. 22 - The Street Jews Part 2 — 35:24
23. 23 - The Street Jews Part 3 — 22:28
24. 24 - The Street Jews Part 4 — 34:40

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