Orwell and the dispossessed : Down and out in Paris and London in the context of essays, reviews and letters selected from The Complete Works of George Orwell
Orwell, George, 1903-19502020
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The 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'.
Main title:
Orwell and the dispossessed : Down and out in Paris and London in the context of essays, reviews and letters selected from The Complete Works of George Orwell / edited by Peter Davison ; introduction by Peter Clarke.
Author:
Orwell, George, 1903-1950, authorDavison, Peter, 1926-, editor
Imprint:
London : Penguin Classics, 2020.
Collation:
448 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2001.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780241418000 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
823.912823.912 ORWE
Language:
English
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Subject:
Orwell, George, 1903-1950 -- Homes and haunts -- France -- ParisOrwell, George, 1903-1950 -- Homes and haunts -- England -- LondonHomelessness -- France -- Paris -- History -- 20th centuryAuthors, English -- 20th centuryLondon (England) -- Social conditions -- 20th centuryParis (France) -- Social conditions -- 20th centuryLiterature
BRN:
1955836
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