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The Fable of the Bees

Published originally in 1714, Bernard Mandeville's Fable of the Bees is an important work of political, economic, and cultural satire. Subtitled “Private Vices, Publick Benefits,” The Fable of the Bees' central proposal is that private vices—greed,…

Tags: Charity-schools --Early works to 1800, Ethics --Early works to 1800, Virtue --Early works to 1800

London Labour and the London Poor : A cyclopaedia of the condition and earnings of those that will work, those that cannot work, and those that will not work

Henry Mayhew created this piece of Victorian journalism in which he detailed the conditions of the people working in London. The project began as a series of articles in London’s Morning Chronicle. Mayhew collected and published his essays in three…

Tags: Charities --England --London, Crime --England --London, Criminals --England --London, London (England) --Poor, Poor --England --London, Prostitution --England --London, Working class --England --London

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