Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell (English) Paperback Book

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Documents the author's 'first contact with poverty'. This title shows a world of unrelenting drudgery and squalor - sleeping in bug-infested hostels and doss houses of last resort, working as a dishwasher in Paris' vile 'Hotel X', surviving on scraps and cigarette butts, living alongside tramps, a star-gazing pavement artist and more.

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Orwell's vivid memoir of his time among the desperately poor and destitute, in a stunning new cover look for his great works'You have talked so often of going to the dogs - and well, here are the dogs, and you have reached them.'Written when Orwell was a struggling writer in his twenties, it documents his 'first contact with poverty'. Here, he painstakingly documents a world of unrelenting drudgery and squalor - sleeping in bug-infested hostels and doss houses of last resort, working as a dishwasher in Paris's vile 'H tel X', surviving on scraps and cigarette butts, living alongside tramps, a star-gazing pavement artist and a starving Russian ex-army captain. Exposing a shocking, previously-hidden world to his readers, Orwell gave a human face to the statistics of poverty for the first time - and in doing so, found his voice as a writer.

Author Biography

Eric Arthur Blair (1903-1950), better known by his pen-name, George Orwell, was born in India, where his father worked for the Civil Service. An author and journalist, Orwell was one of the most prominent and influential figures in twentieth-century literature. His unique political allegory Animal Farm was published in 1945, and it was this novel, together with the dystopia of Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), which brought him world-wide fame. His novels and non-fiction include Burmese Days, Down and Out in Paris and London, The Road to Wigan Pier and Homage to Catalonia.

Review

The white-hot reaction of a sensitive, observant, compassionate young man to poverty -- Dervla MurphyOrwell was the great moral force of his age * Spectator *

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The white-hot reaction of a sensitive, observant, compassionate young man to poverty

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The white-hot reaction of a sensitive, observant, compassionate young man to poverty

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Orwell's vivid memoir of his time among the desperately poor and destitute, in a stunning new cover look for his great works

Details ISBN0141393033 Author George Orwell ISBN-10 0141393033 ISBN-13 9780141393032 Media Book Language English Pages 224 Imprint Penguin Classics Short Title DOWN & OUT IN PARIS & LONDON Residence US Birth 1903 Death 1950 Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom UK Release Date 2013-01-03 Format Paperback Publisher Penguin Books Ltd Series Penguin Modern Classics Year 2013 Publication Date 2013-01-03 DEWEY 823.912 NZ Release Date 2013-02-10 AU Release Date 2013-02-10 Alternative 9780141184388 Audience General We've got this

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