“But here Billy Chope arrived to demand what the 'ell Sam Cardew was doing with his gal. Now Sam was ever readier for a fight than Billy was; but the sum of Billy's half pints was large: wherefore the fight began. On the skirt of a hilarious ring Lizerunt, after some small outcry, triumphed aloud. Four days before, she had no bloke; and here she stood with two, and those two fighting for her! Here in the public gaze, on the Flats! For almost five minutes she was Helen of Troy.”
Quotes by Arthur Morrison
“They firmly believe it to be the sole function of art to minister to their personal comfort — as upholstery does.”
“there came a hoot or two, a ‘Yah!’ and other less spellable sounds,”
Arthur MorrisonArthur Morrison was an English writer and journalist renowned for his realistic portrayals of working-class life in London's East End. His most notable work, 'A Child of the Jago' (1896), delves into ...