Down and out in Paris and London
Orwell, George, 1903-19502013
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Written when Orwell was a struggling writer in his twenties, this book documents his 'first contact with poverty': sleeping in bug-infested hostels, working as a dishwasher in Paris, surviving on scraps and cigarette butts, living alongside tramps. George Orwell's vivid memoir of his time living among the desperately poor and destitute, Down and Out in Paris and London is a moving tour of the underworld of society. 'You have talked so often of going to the dogs - and well, here are the dogs, and you have reached them.'
Main title:
Down and out in Paris and London / George Orwell.
Author:
Orwell, George, 1903-1950, author
Imprint:
London : Penguin Books, 2013.
Collation:
215 pages ; 18 cm
Series title:
Notes:
Originally published: London: Victor Gollancz, 1933.
ISBN:
9780141393032 (pbk)
Dewey class:
362.50942109043
LC class:
PR6029.R8
Language:
English
Subject:
Orwell, George, 1903-1950Homelessness -- England -- London -- History -- 20th centuryHomelessness -- France -- Paris -- History -- 20th centuryPoor -- France -- Paris -- History -- 20th centuryPoor -- England -- London -- History -- 20th centurySocial services & welfare, criminologyMemoirsPoverty & unemploymentClassic travel writingLondon, Greater LondonFranceInter-war period c 1919 to c 1939Housing & homelessnessBiography: generalTravel writingLondon (England) -- Social conditions -- 20th centuryParis (France) -- Social conditions -- 20th centurySociety
BRN:
1637570