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• Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 The two traditions, 1820-80 2 New lines and continuing traditions 3 George Gissing 4 Walter Besant and the ‘discovery’ of the East End 5 French naturalism and English working-class fiction 6 Rudyard Kipling and cockney archetypes 7 Arthur Morrison and the tone of violence 8 The Cockney School 9 Industrialism, urbanism and class conflict 10 The phonetic representation of Cockney; Notes; Bibliography; Index

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• Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 The two traditions, 1820-80 2 New lines and continuing traditions 3 George Gissing 4 Walter Besant and the ‘discovery’ of the East End 5 French naturalism and English working-class fiction 6 Rudyard Kipling and cockney archetypes 7 Arthur Morrison and the tone of violence 8 The Cockney School 9 Industrialism, urbanism and class conflict 10 The phonetic representation of Cockney; Notes; Bibliography; Index

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• Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 The two traditions, 1820-80 2 New lines and continuing traditions 3 George Gissing 4 Walter Besant and the ‘discovery’ of the East End 5 French naturalism and English working-class fiction 6 Rudyard Kipling and cockney archetypes 7 Arthur Morrison and the tone of violence 8 The Cockney School 9 Industrialism, urbanism and class conflict 10 The phonetic representation of Cockney; Notes; Bibliography; Index