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• Dora Thorne, by Charlotte M. Brame (Gutenberg text)
• Dora Thorne (credited to "Bertha M. Clay" pseudonym on cover, but not on title page; Chicago: M. A. Donohue and Co., n.d.), by Charlotte M. Brame (illustrated HTML with commentary at fiftywordsforsnow.com)
• It Never Can Happen Again (New York: H. Holt and Co., 1909), by William De Morgan
  • Gutenberg text
  • multiple formats at archive.org
• The Career of Katherine Bush (New York: Grosset and Dunlap, c1916), by Elinor Glyn, illust. by Edmund Frederick (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)

• Where Angels Fear to Tread, by E. M. Forster (Gutenberg text and HTML)

• The Freaks of Mayfair (London et al.: T. N. Foulis, 1916), by E. F. Benson, illust. by George Plank
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only

• Psmith in the City, by P. G. Wodehouse (Gutenberg text and audio)
• Robert Orange: Being a Continuation of the History of Robert Orange, and a Sequel to The School for Saints (London: T. F. Unwin, 1900), by John Oliver Hobbes (Gutenberg text and page images)
• Heartsease, or The Brother's Wife, by Charlotte M. Yonge (Gutenberg text)
• The Inimitable Jeeves (London: Herbert Jenkins Ltd., 1923), by P. G. Wodehouse (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)

• Memoirs of a Coxcomb (London: The Fortune Press, ca. 1926), by John Cleland (page images at HathiTrust)
• Belchamber (New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons; London: A. Conctable and Co., 1905), by Howard Overing Sturgis
  • multiple formats at Google; US access only
  • multiple formats at archive.org
• The Castle of Tynemouth: A Tale (2 volumes; London: Printed for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, et al., 1806), by Jane Harvey (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Castle of Tynemouth: A Tale (second edition, 2 volumes; Newcastle Upon Tyne: Printed by E. Mackenzie Jr., 1830), by Jane Harvey (PDF at Chawton House Library)

• At the Court of the Maharaja: A Story of Adventure (New York: American News Co., c1906), by Louis Tracy (page images at HathiTrust)

• Belchamber (New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons; London: A. Conctable and Co., 1905), by Howard Overing Sturgis
  • multiple formats at Google; US access only
  • multiple formats at archive.org
• The Children of the Abbey (based on single-volume 1877 Philadelphia edition), by Regina Maria Roche (HTML with commentary at fiftywordsforsnow.com)
• The Children of the Abbey: A Tale (Philadelphia: Porter and Coates, 1876), by Regina Maria Roche, illust. by Felix Octavius Carr Darley (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Squaw Man: A Novel (based on play by Royle; New York: Grosset and Dunlap, c1906), by Julie Opp, contrib. by Edwin Milton Royle
  • Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• The Squaw Man: A Novel (based on play by Royle; New York and London: Harper and Bros., c1906), by Julie Opp, contrib. by Edwin Milton Royle (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Beechcroft at Rockstone, by Charlotte M. Yonge (Gutenberg text)
• The Castle Builders (New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1864), by Charlotte M. Yonge (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Dynevor Terrace, or, The Clue of Life, by Charlotte M. Yonge
  • volume I: Gutenberg text
  • volume II: Gutenberg text
• Lady Hester: or, Ursula's Narrative, by Charlotte M. Yonge (Gutenberg text)
• The Long Vacation, by Charlotte M. Yonge (Gutenberg text)

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• The Cut of His Coat: Men, Dress, and Consumer Culture in Britain, 1860-1914 (Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, c2006), by Brent Alan Shannon (PDF at ohioswallow.com)

• Helping the Poor: Friendly Visiting, Dole Charities and Dole Queues (c2001), by Robert Whelan, contrib. by Barendina Smedley (PDF at Civitas)

• Helping the Poor: Friendly Visiting, Dole Charities and Dole Queues (c2001), by Robert Whelan, contrib. by Barendina Smedley (PDF at Civitas)

• The Great Army of London Poor: Sketches of Life and Character in a Thames-Side District (1882), by Thomas Wright (HTML at victorianlondon.org)
• Horrible London (from an 1889 edition; see also How the Poor Live), by George R. Sims (HTML at victorianlondon.org)
• How the Poor Live (London: Chatto and Windus, 1883; see also Horrible London), by George R. Sims, illust. by Frederick Barnard (illustrated HTML at victorianlondon.org)
• The Pauper, the Thief, and the Convict, by Thomas Archer (HTML at victorianlondon.org)
• The Pinch of Poverty: Sufferings and Heroism of the London Poor (London: Isbister and Company, 1892), by Thomas Wright (illustrated HTML at victorianlondon.org)
• Ragged London in 1861 (London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1861), by John Hollingshead (HTML at victorianlondon.org)
• The Wilds of London (London: Chatto and Windus, 1874), by James Greenwood, illust. by Alfred Concanen (illustrated HTML at victorianlondon.org)
• London Shadows: A Glance at the "Homes" of the Thousands (London: George Routledge and Co., 1854), by George Godwin (illustrated HTML and victorianlondon.org)

• London Shadows: A Glance at the "Homes" of the Thousands (London: George Routledge and Co., 1854), by George Godwin (illustrated HTML and victorianlondon.org)

• Helping the Poor: Friendly Visiting, Dole Charities and Dole Queues (c2001), by Robert Whelan, contrib. by Barendina Smedley (PDF at Civitas)

• Helping the Poor: Friendly Visiting, Dole Charities and Dole Queues (c2001), by Robert Whelan, contrib. by Barendina Smedley (PDF at Civitas)

• An Essay to Revive the Antient Education of Gentlewomen, in Religion, Manners, Arts and Tongues; With An Answer to the Objections Against This Way of Education (London: Printed by J. D. to be sold by T. Parkhurst, 1673), by Bathsua Makin (HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)

• The Carbonels, by Charlotte M. Yonge (Gutenberg text)

• The Million-Peopled City: or, One-Half of the People of London Made Known to the Other Half (1853), by John Garwood (HTML at victorianlondon.org)

• Letters to Our Working Party (New York: E. and J.B. Young and Co., n.d.), by Evelyn Whitaker (PDF and text with commentary at evelynwhitakerlibrary.org)

• Improvements in Education, As It Respects the Industrious Classes of the Community (London: Darton and Harvey, 1803), by Joseph Lancaster (multiple formats at Google)

• The Great Metropolis (2 volumes; London: Saunders and Otley, 1837), by James Grant (HTML at victorianlondon.org)

• Brownsmith's Boy, by George Manville Fenn (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)

• Jill, a Flower Girl (New York: T. Whittaker, 1893), by L. T. Meade, illust. by F. H. Townsend (page images at HathiTrust)

• Kadotuksen Kansa: Kuvaus Lontoon East Endistä (The People of the Abyss in Finnish; Helsinki: Otava, 1922), by Jack London, trans. by Kaapo Murros (Gutenberg text)
• London Labour and the London Poor (London: Griffin, Bohn and Co., 1861-1862), by Henry Mayhew
  • Volume 1: illustrated HTML at Tufts
  • Volume 1: multiple formats at Google
  • Volume 2: illustrated HTML at Tufts
  • Volume 2: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 3: illustrated HTML at Tufts
  • Volume 3: multiple formats at Google
  • extra volume: illustrated HTML at Tufts
  • extra volume: multiple formats at archive.org
• Low-Life Deeps: An Account of the Strange Fish to be Found There (new edition; London: Chatto and Windus, 1881), by James Greenwood (HTML at victorianlondon.org)
• The People of the Abyss, by Jack London (Gutenberg text)
• The Rookeries of London: Past, Present, and Prospective (second edition; London: Thomas Bosworth, 1852), by Thomas Beames (HTML at victorianlondon.org)
• Down and Out in Paris and London (1933), by George Orwell (text in Australia; NO US ACCESS)
• The Great Acceptance: The Life Story of F. N. Charrington (published under "Guy Thorne" pseudonym; 6th edition; London et al.: Hodder and Stoughton, c1913), by C. Ranger Gull
  • Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML
  • multiple formats at archive.org
• Homes of the London Poor, by Octavia Hill (HTML at victorianlondon.org)
• The Terrible Sights of London and Labours of Love in the Midst of Them (London: Stanley Rivers and Co., 1870), by Thomas Archer (HTML at victorianlondon.org)
• Life and Labour of the People in London, First Series: Poverty (4 volumes; London and New York: Macmillan, 1904), ed. by Charles Booth (page images at HathiTrust)
• Life and Labour of the People in London, Second Series: Industry (5 volumes; London and New York: Macmillan, 1903), ed. by Charles Booth
  • Volume 1 (Classification of the People, Building Trades, Wood and Metal Workers): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 2 (Precious Metals, Watches, Instruments, Paper and Printing Trades, Textiles, and Sundry Manufactures): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 3 (Dress, Food, Drink, Dealers, Clerks, Locomotion and Labour): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 4 (Public, Professional and Domestic Service; Unoccupied Classes; Inmates of Institutions): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 5 (Comparisons, Survey and Conclusions): multiple formats at archive.org
  • all volumes (some US access only): page images at HathiTrust
• Life and Labour of the People in London, Third Series: Religious Influences (7 volumes; London and New York: Macmillan, 1902), ed. by Charles Booth
  • Volume 1 (London North of the Thames: The Outer Ring): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 2 (London North of the Thames: The Inner Ring): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 3 (The City of London and the West End): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 4 (Inner South London): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 5 (South-East and South-West London): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 6 (Outer South London): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 7 (Summary): multiple formats at archive.org
• London's Underworld, by Thomas Holmes (Gutenberg text)

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