Ka taƙaita labarin:  Shekara ta 1902 ce kuma attajiran Landan suna rayuwa cikin kwanciyar hankali da wadata a cikin birni wanda shine cibiyar hada-hadar kudi ta duniya. Amma a kusa da inda manyan mutanen babban birnin suke zama cikin wadata, talakawa suna rayuwa cikin talauci a cikin unguwannin East End. Da yake yin kama da wani ma'aikacin jirgin ruwa, ɗan jaridar Amurka Jack London ya fita zuwa titunan Whitechapel don yin rikodin gwagwarmayar marasa galihu na London, a cikin abin da aka yi imanin cewa shi ne farkon tarihin rayuwa a titunan birni. Ya rubuta The People of the Abyss (1903) bisa ga asusunsa na farko na rayuwa a Gabas ta Gabas na tsawon watanni da suka gabata, wani lokacin yana zama a cikin gidajen aiki ko barci a kan tituna. A cikin kwanaki tamanin da shida ya tattara abubuwa masu yawa, ya karanta daruruwan littattafai da dubban littattafai, jaridu, da kuma rahotannin majalisar, ya rubuta littafinsa, ya buga shi duka, ya ɗauki kashi biyu bisa uku na hotunan tare da kyamararsa. Yanayin da ya fuskanta kuma ya rubuta game da shi daidai ne da waɗanda talakawa 500,000 na London na lokacin suka jimre. Yanzu an sake buga wannan aiki na asali a cikin akwatin da aka ɗaura da hannu. Mutanen Abyss (1903) littafi ne na Jack London game da rayuwa a Gabas ta Gabas ta London a 1902. Ya rubuta wannan asusun na farko ta hanyar rayuwa a Gabas ta Gabas, wani lokacin yana zama a cikin gidajen aiki ko barci a kan tituna, da kuma rubuta da kuma daukar hoto duk abin da ya gani. Wani hoto mai taken 'View In Wapping' a cikin littafin da ya yi fice. Da aka yi wa ado a matsayin wani ma'aikacin jirgin ruwa, dan jaridar Amurka London ya shiga titunan East End don yin rikodin gwagwarmayar marasa talauci na London. Wani hoton mai taken 'Under the Arches' ya nuna matalauta da mashaya maza sun fadi a karkashin arches inda aka tilasta musu yin bacci. Ƙungiyar 'yan kasuwa masu fama da yunwa' 'yan kasuwa' a wani Gidan Salvation Army Courtyard, suna jiran tikitin da za su iya ba su abinci. London ta rubuta: 'Na jira fiye da awa biyu a waje, kuma na jira fiye da awa ɗaya a cikin wannan farfajiyar da mutane suka cika. Ban ci kome ba dukan dare, kuma na raunana kuma na yi kasala,...
Dan jaridar Amurka Jack London ya shiga titunan Whitechapel don yin rikodin gwagwarmayar marasa galihu na London. Yanayin da ya fuskanta da kuma daukar hoto daidai ne da wadanda aka kiyasta cewa talakawa 500,000 suka jimre. Yanzu an sake buga wannan aiki na asali, asusun farko na rayuwa a titunan birni, a matsayin akwatin akwatin.