Author: Newton,Rev. D.
Title: COSTER JACK: Or No Business Done at This Shop on Sundays
Description: London, J.Dickson, Conference Offices Frontispiece by J.C. Griffiths + 2 further plates. . 16mo plum pebbled cloth decorated & gilt titled to cover (tips bit worn/some marks and edge darkening but sound and tight) 107pp +[3pp adverts for other books] YHA stamp on flyleaf. *Kind but uncouth vegetable seller takes in a an abused little girl to help his wife in the shop. When she is delivering goods on a Sunday she meets a man who tells her it is wicked to work on a Sunday. Visiting with the fostermother this man and a Methodist woman convinces the females but not Coster Jack and in argument he hits the child and thinks he has killed her. The struggle to keep Sunday as a day of day of rest and his struggle against drunkeness are finally resolved.
Keywords: Sabbath drunkeness Victorian moral tale
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Title: COSTER JACK: Or No Business Done at This Shop on Sundays
Description: London, J.Dickson, Conference Offices Frontispiece by J.C. Griffiths + 2 further plates. . 16mo plum pebbled cloth decorated & gilt titled to cover (tips bit worn/some marks and edge darkening but sound and tight) 107pp +[3pp adverts for other books] YHA stamp on flyleaf. *Kind but uncouth vegetable seller takes in a an abused little girl to help his wife in the shop. When she is delivering goods on a Sunday she meets a man who tells her it is wicked to work on a Sunday. Visiting with the fostermother this man and a Methodist woman convinces the females but not Coster Jack and in argument he hits the child and thinks he has killed her. The struggle to keep Sunday as a day of day of rest and his struggle against drunkeness are finally resolved.
Keywords: Sabbath drunkeness Victorian moral tale
Price: GBP 7.00 = appr. US$ 10.00 Seller: Abbey Antiquarian Books
- Book number: J69888
- Book number: J69888
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