tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post4012926959235891787..comments2023-10-12T02:21:40.102-07:00Comments on English Historical Fiction Authors: Henry Mayhew and the London Poor: The Lives of Street SellersDebra Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03256313302199653185noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-47822715051380140302017-10-20T09:50:19.581-07:002017-10-20T09:50:19.581-07:00Thanks for posting this, Mark and highlighting the...Thanks for posting this, Mark and highlighting the articles of Henry Mayhew. The street sellers are colorful, but they surely lived on the very edge. "Precariously self-employed, as you put it so well. Sometimes authors get so wrapped up in royalty we are blind to how the underclass lived. The poor, the handicapped, the working poor. The majority of humanity.Linda Collisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15184486912118207613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-13470238694766919302017-10-19T12:01:16.352-07:002017-10-19T12:01:16.352-07:00Incredibly sad. I have a disabled son. I can't...Incredibly sad. I have a disabled son. I can't even imagine him trying to make it through life that way. Heidihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12660156433881882098noreply@blogger.com