The Rich Man and the Diseased Poor in Early Victorian Literature

Don't think to come over me with the old tale, that the rich know nothing of the trials of the poor. I say, if they don't know, they ought to know. We are their slaves as long as we can work; we pile up their fortunes with the sweat of our brows; and yet we are to live as separate as if we were in two worlds; ay, as separate as Dives and Lazarus, with a great gulf betwixt us: but! know who was best off then', and he wound up his speech with a low chuckle that had no mirth in it. Front Matter....Pages i-xi Pearls upon the Dunghill....Pages 1-42 The Kiss of Brotherhood....Pages 43-76 The Pestilence of Vice....Pages 77-101 ‘The Political Collar-And-Mob-Us!!’....Pages 102-124 The Good Spirit....Pages 125-130 Back Matter....Pages 131-152