Down and out in Paris and London
Orwell, George, 1903-19502001
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"Down and Out in Paris and London is the first full-length work by the English author George Orwell, published in 1933. It is a story in two parts on the theme of poverty in the two cities. The first part is a picaresque account of living on the breadline in Paris and the experience of casual labour in restaurant kitchens. The second part is a travelogue of life on the road in and around London from the tramp's perspective, with descriptions of the types of hostel accommodation available and some of the characters to be found living on the margins. Orwell gives it an autobiographical feel by interposing chapters presenting his personal opinions."--from Books in Print.Written when Orwell was a struggling writer in his twenties, it documents his 'first contact with poverty': sleeping in bug-infested hostels and doss houses of last resort, working as a dishwasher in Paris, 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 readers, Orwell gave a human face to the statistics of poverty for the first time. In doing so, he found his voice as a writer.
Main title:
Down and out in Paris and London / George Orwell ; with an introduction by Dervla Murphy and a note on the text by Peter Davison.
Author:
Orwell, George, 1903-1950, author
Imprint:
London : Penguin, 2001.
Collation:
244 pages. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
"The present edition is a revised version of 1933 of this work published by Avon Publications"--T.p. verso.First published 1933.Originally published: Secker & Warburg, 1999.Reprint. Previously published: London, England ; New York, N.Y., USA : Penguin Books in association with Secker & Warburg, 1989.
ISBN:
9780141184388 (paperback)9781604443509 (paperback)
Dewey class:
362.509421
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
109911
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| RYDE | ADULT FICTION | F ORWEClassics | Onloan - Due: 08 Apr 2026 |