What was life like for the poor during the Belle Epoque?

I have to write a paper on what it was for a particular group of people during the "Belle Epoque "... contained only the poor would be the easiest.'m Having trouble finding sources of the Belle Epoque and do not know where to look .... Can anyone help me find out what life was like then? or where to look thanks

It was shit, as it is now and as it always is for the poor. duh

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