The House of Bondage
Later printing of this popular and influential anti-vice novel, written from a Socialist perspective. Prostitution in New York City, white slave traffic, and a shirtwaist workers strike. The novel was popular, and went into numerous printings in the first year following publication. Report of “the special Grand Jury appointed in New York in January 1910, to investigate the so-called, White Slave Traffic.” p. 467-480. RIDEOUT p. 293. HANNA 1970. BLAKE p.234.
Reginald Wright Kauffman, (1877-1959).
The House of Bondage.
New York: Moffat, Yard and Co., 1911.
Lehigh University Catalog Record: https://asa.lib.lehigh.edu/Record/10839086
A version of this text has been digitized and is available through the Internet Archive.
If you're interested in learning more about the historical events that inspired this novel, please refer to the links below:
"ROCKEFELLER HEADS VICE GRAND JURY" in The New York Times, 4 January 1910.
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