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How the Other Half Lives

Studies Among the Tenements of New York

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How the Other Half Lives

By: Jacob A. Riis
Narrated by: Bobby Brill
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Sound interesting? The author thinks so too! Listen to How the Other Half Lives and learn about the conditions of abject poverty that the residents of the slums of New York at the end of the 19th century had to endure.

Public Domain (P)2022 Licensing Management, Inc. Poverty & Homelessness Social Sciences Sociology
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This is one of my favorite reads, but the narrator is difficult to follow. Being respectful to both the narrator and the difficulty of the task, the rhythm of Mr. Brill's speech simply makes this book painful. I did try to slow the speed, but it doesn't help when the pause that should happen at commas, fails in its effect.

Get the book, but be careful with the narration.

Great Read, Bad Narrator

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