Memoirs of Robert Blincoe, an Orphan Sent from St. Pancras, London, at the Age of Seven, to Experience the Horrors of a Cotton Factory, Passing through Childhood and Youth, Detailing His Sufferings, the first memoir attributed to Brown , to John, reveals the dark side of the industrial Victorian society. The reader is immersed in the cruel reality of the life of a child, deprived of his dignity, subjected to slavish use of harsh working conditions. This book encourages us to think about social injustice and the importance of protecting the rights of the child."