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Originally Posted by issybird
I'm nominating People of the Abyss, Jack London's account of living among London slumdwellers at the turn of the last century. It's a deeply effecting, highly shocking tale and influenced Orwell among others. It's in the public domain, so the price is right.
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I'll provide the third for this. I wonder if this helped inspire Orwell to write
The Road to Wigan Pier?
I'd also like to nominate
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote.
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