A Child of the Jago - Morrison, Arthur
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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). (wikipedia.org)

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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). (wikipedia.org)
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English novelist and journalist Arthur Morrison (1863-1955) is most recognized for his contributions to the crime novels genre. Morrison, a London native who was born in Poplar, started his career as a writer and spent his whole life working for several publications. Morrison is best known for his book "A Child of the Jago," which vividly depicts the poverty and depravity of London's East End. The book is recognized for its revolutionary depiction of working-class life and is regarded as a masterpiece of social realism. Morrison was a prolific short story writer in addition to his novels. His series of stories about the investigator Martin Hewitt, gathered in "Chronicles of Martin Hewitt", were especially popular and influential in the creation of the detective fiction genre. Two of Morrison's other well-known works include "Tales of Mean Streets", a collection of short stories that further explored the themes of poverty and crime in the East End, and "The Hole in the Wall", a novel set in the criminal underworld of London. Overall, Arthur Morrison's writing influenced the growth of social realism and crime fiction, and his descriptions of working-class life in Victorian London continue to be important literary contributions.