Project Gutenberg 2006-02-01 Public domain in the USA. 57 Hodder, Edwin 1837 1904 Merry, Old Old Merry Life in London : $b or, The pitfalls of a great city Reading ease score: 76.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Kevin Handy, Dave Maddock, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Life in London: or, The Pitfalls of a Great City" by Edwin Hodder is a novel written during the late 19th century. It follows the journey of George Weston, a young man navigating the challenges and moral dilemmas of urban life in Victorian London, as he strives to make a name for himself while dealing with the pitfalls that come with city living. At the start of the narrative, George Weston is introduced as an optimistic and enthusiastic character who has just secured a position as a junior clerk in an office on Fleet Street. Through a conversation with his mother, readers learn about his excitement for the new job, his reflections on his past, and his aspirations for the future. The opening scenes reveal George's encounters with various office clerks, his perception of their behaviors, particularly regarding classes in morality, and foreshadow a struggle between maintaining his values and succumbing to the temptations of city life. This portion of the story sets the stage for George's gradual deepening into complexities that accompany his new role within London's vibrant yet hazardous societal landscape. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Christian life -- Fiction Conduct of life -- Fiction Young men -- Fiction Mothers and sons -- Fiction London (England) -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - British Browsing: Fiction 264459 263574 2024-10-04T12:41:31.526766 2023-10-05T04:30:01.078809 text/html text/html 269758 2020-12-27T06:02:51 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 175964 2020-12-27T06:02:51 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 249637 2024-10-04T12:41:38.388765 application/epub+zip 253515 2024-10-04T12:41:34.427740 application/epub+zip 171638 2024-10-04T12:41:33.213733 application/epub+zip 383063 2024-10-04T12:41:41.559699 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 365756 2024-10-04T12:41:37.677696 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 254395 2022-09-05T06:12:48.352842 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 253216 253081 2024-10-04T12:41:30.899740 2023-10-05T04:30:00.613797 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 253107 2020-12-27T06:02:51 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 95188 2020-12-27T06:02:51 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 253098 2020-12-27T06:02:51 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 95165 2020-12-27T06:02:51 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22246 2024-10-04T12:41:41.697677 application/rdf+xml 11651 2024-10-04T12:41:33.775725 image/jpeg 2989 2024-10-04T12:41:33.492714 image/jpeg 244078 2024-10-04T12:41:31.555765 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog