The Star-Rover, by Jack London

[nwhyte]

Second paragraph of third chapter:Meanwhile Captain Jamie fretted his head off and prepared for the night, while Winwood passed the word along to the forty lifers to be ready for the break. And two hours after midnight every guard in the prison was under orders. This included the day-shift which should have been asleep. When two o’clock came, they

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[huskyteer]

I've mostly read the doggy ones, of course, but a colleague recently recommended The People of the Abyss, about London's East End, and I found it fascinating.