By Benjamin Disraeli

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I would inscribe these volumes to one whose noble spirit and gentle nature ever prompt her to sympathise with the suffering; to one whose sweet voice has often encouraged, and whose taste and judgment have ever guided, their pages; the most severe of critics, but—a perfect Wife!

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The general reader whose attention has not been specially drawn to the subject which these volumes aim to illustrate, the Condition of the People, might suspect that the Writer had been tempted to some exaggeration in the scenes which he has drawn and the impressions which he has wished to convey. He thinks it therefore due to himself to state that he believes there is not a trait in this work for which he has not the authority of his own observation, or the authentic evidence which has been received by Royal Commissions and Parliamentary Committees. But while he hopes he has alleged nothing which is not true, he has found the absolute necessity of suppressing much that is genuine. For so little do we know of the state of our own country that the air of improbability that the whole truth would inevitably throw over these pages, might deter many from their perusal.

Grosvenor-Gate, May Day, 1845.


CONTENTS

BOOK I

Book 1 Chapter 1

Book 1 Chapter 2

Book 1 Chapter 3

Book 1 Chapter 4

Book 1 Chapter 5

Book 1 Chapter 6

BOOK II

Book 2 Chapter 1

Book 2 Chapter 2

Book 2 Chapter 3

Book 2 Chapter 4

Book 2 Chapter 5

Book 2 Chapter 6

Book 2 Chapter 7

Book 2 Chapter 8

Book 2 Chapter 9

Book 2 Chapter 10

Book 2 Chapter 11

Book 2 Chapter 12

Book 2 Chapter 13

Book 2 Chapter 14

Book 2 Chapter 15

Book 2 Chapter 16

BOOK III

Book 3 Chapter 1

Book 3 Chapter 2

Book 3 Chapter 3

Book 3 Chapter 4

Book 3 Chapter 5

Book 3 Chapter 6

Book 3 Chapter 7

Book 3 Chapter 8

Book 3 Chapter 9

Book 3 Chapter 10

BOOK IV

Book 4 Chapter 1

Book 4 Chapter 2

Book 4 Chapter 3

Book 4 Chapter 4

Book 4 Chapter 5

Book 4 Chapter 6

Book 4 Chapter 7

Book 4 Chapter 8

Book 4 Chapter 9

Book 4 Chapter 10

Book 4 Chapter 11

Book 4 Chapter 12

Book 4 Chapter 13

Book 4 Chapter 14.

Book 4 Chapter 15

BOOK V

Book 5 Chapter 1

Book 5 Chapter 2

Book 5 Chapter 3

Book 5 Chapter 4

Book 5 Chapter 5

Book 5 Chapter 6

Book 5 Chapter 7

Book 5 Chapter 8

Book 5 Chapter 9

Book 5 Chapter 10

Book 5 Chapter 11

BOOK VI

Book 6 Chapter 1

Book 6 Chapter 2

Book 6 Chapter 3

Book 6 Chapter 4

Book 6 Chapter 5

Book 6 Chapter 6

Book 6 Chapter 7

Book 6 Chapter 8

Book 6 Chapter 9

Book 6 Chapter 10

Book 6 Chapter 11

Book 6 Chapter 12

Book 6 Chapter 13


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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