Down and out in Paris and London

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Author: George Orwell

ISBN-10: 015626224X

ISBN-13: 9780156262248

Category: Politics & Social Issues - Fiction

This unusual fictional account, in good part autobiographical, narrates without self-pity and often with humor the adventures of a penniless British writer among the down-and-out of two great cities. In the tales of both cities we learn some sobering Orwellian truths about poverty and society.\ \ \ Part autobiography, this unusual novel follows the experiences of a penniless adventurer, first in Paris in the early 1930s and later in London, where he mingles among...

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In the 1930's, he was pennyless and out of work and forced to live in the streets. He lived the 'poor' life among the other 'vagrants' of the city looking for and often refused a bed and food or even some fair treatment. This book is his story on his experience and describes some of the worst-ever extremes of poverty.