Orwell and the Dispossessed by George Orwell (English) Paperback Book

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An expansive collection of George Orwell's writing on the down and outThe vivid, impassioned writings collected together in this powerful volume chronicle Orwell's first-hand experiences of life among the underclass of the 'two nations' of rich and poor.Down and Out in Paris and London is the young Orwell's memoir of his time as a struggling, often penniless writer, living among the destitute and dispossessed. Here he exposes a world unimaginable to most of his readers, one of vile doss-houses, hunger, squalor, and desperate poverty -- of 'going to the dogs'. There are also articles and letters on sleeping rough in Trafalgar Square, being arrested for drunkenness, on the poverty Orwell witnessed in Morocco and India, and his shocking essay, 'How the Poor Die'.

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George Orwell (Author)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.Peter Davison (External Editor)Peter Davison is Research Professor of English at De Montfort University, Leicester. He edited the twenty volumes of Orwell's collected works, as well as his diaries.

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An expansive collection of George Orwell's writing on the down and out

Details ISBN0241418003 Author Peter Davison Pages 448 Publisher Penguin Books Ltd Year 2020 ISBN-10 0241418003 ISBN-13 9780241418000 Format Paperback Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Imprint Penguin Classics Edited by Peter Davison Language English UK Release Date 2020-10-01 Publication Date 2020-10-01 Alternative 9780141926667 DEWEY 823.912 NZ Release Date 2020-11-30 AU Release Date 2020-11-30 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this

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