In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the literary genre of social realism began to gain traction with the publication of dozens of novels that sought to expose the difficult living and working conditions facing the impoverished of the world. The Underworld adds to that genre with a stirring account of the life of a miner.
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- THE UNDERWORLD
- Contents
- Preface
- Chapter I - The Thong of Poverty
- Chapter II - A Turn of the Screw
- Chapter III - The Block
- Chapter IV - A Young Rebel
- Chapter V - Black Jock's Threat
- Chapter VI - The Coming of a Prophet
- Chapter VII - On the Pit-Head
- Chapter VIII - The Mantle of Manhood
- Chapter IX - The Accident
- Chapter X - Heroes of the Underworld
- Chapter XI - The Strike
- Chapter XII - The Rivals
- Chapter XIII - The Red Hose Race
- Chapter XIV - The Awakening
- Chapter XV - Peter Makes a Decision
- Chapter XVI - A Stir in Lowwood
- Chapter XVII - Mysie Runs Away
- Chapter XVIII - Mag Robertson's Frenzy
- Chapter XIX - Black Jock's End
- Chapter XX - The Conference
- Chapter XXI - The Meeting with Mysie
- Chapter XXII - Mysie's Return
- Chapter XXIII - Home
- Chapter XXIV - A Call for Help
- Chapter XXV - A Fight with Death
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