A Thousand Ways to Die in London

Should you pick up tweezers and tools to repair a safe in the home of some rich person you've never met, melt down genuine coins and mix in other materials to study chemistry, or grab a knife and offer enthusiastic bodyguard services to a passerby walking alone on a dark street? Or perhaps join the unemployed social club on the next street over for a boxing tournament?

So, how to survive in 19th-century Victorian London: now that's a philosophical question.