Synopsis "Le Peuple de l'Abîme (in French)"

Le Peuple de l'Abîme est un livre de Jack London sur la vie dans l'East End de Londres de 1902. Il a écrit ce témoignage de première main après avoir vécu dans l'East End (y compris le quartier de Whitechapel) pendant plusieurs mois, logeant parfois dans les hospices pour pauvres ou dormant dans la rue. Les conditions de vie qu'il a connues et décrites sont celles qui étaient endurées par les quelques 500 000 Londoniens pauvres de l'époque.

Jack London

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Jack London (1876-1916), pseudonym of John Griffith Chaney, is one of the great American writers of the early 20th century. His world is inspired by a very subjective interpretation of Nietzsche's philosophy and is built on the principle of survival of the fittest. Born in San Francisco, he was essentially a self-taught child who avidly read the collections of the public library. At seventeen, he embarked on his first schooner, heading to Japan. After several experiences as a sailor and vagabond -which also led to his imprisonment-, London attended Oakland High School and later, the University of California, which he had to leave due to financial problems. Like many, he suffered from gold fever until he finally turned to writing.

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