Limehouse Nights

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burke, Thomas, 1886-1945

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource : multiple file formats

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,

Summary:

"Limehouse Nights" by Thomas Burke is a collection of short stories written in the early 20th century. Set in the vibrant and gritty Limehouse district of London's East End, the stories explore the lives of various characters, often delving into themes of love, longing, and cultural contrasts against a backdrop of exoticism and squalor. The opening story introduces Battling Burrows, a troubled boxer, and Lucy, a neglected girl, establishing the book's focus on the complexities of human relationships amidst harsh urban realities. The opening of "Limehouse Nights" presents a tale of love and suffering featuring Battling Burrows, who, despite his robust nature as a boxer, exhibits a darker, sentimental side. He encounters Lucy, a child living in squalor, and their tragic relationship unfolds against the backdrop of Limehouse's underbelly. Battling's tumultuous lifestyle of drinking and neglect stands in stark contrast to Lucy's innocence, framing their bond as both tender and destructive. This intricate mix of compassion and brutality sets the tone for the collection, which promises to explore the lives of characters trapped between cultural divides and personal aspirations in a richly depicted urban landscape. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Contents:

The Chink and the child

The father of Yoto

Gracie Goodnight

The paw

The cue

Beryl, the Croucher and the rest of England

The sign of the lamp

Tai Fu and Pansy Greers

The bird

Gina of the Chinatown

The knight-errant

The gorilla and the girl

Ding-Dong-Dell

Old Joe.

Credits:

E-text prepared by Mary Glenn Krause, Charlene Taylor, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org)

Notes:

Reading ease score: 81.7 (6th grade). Easy to read.

Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limehouse_Nights

Release date is 2020-08-28