The Barrel Organ and Besom Ben is a novel written by Edwin Waugh and published in 1886. The story revolves around the life of a young boy named Besom Ben, who lives in the town of Rochdale in Lancashire, England. Ben is an orphan and lives in poverty, but he has a talent for playing the barrel organ, which he uses to earn a living.The novel is set in the mid-19th century and depicts the harsh living conditions of the working-class people in the industrial...