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

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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

Title remainder

Down and out in Paris and London in the context of essays, reviews and letters selected from The complete works of George Orwell

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edited by Peter Davison ; introduction by Peter Clarke

Title variation

Down and out in Paris and London in the context of essays, reviews and letters selected from The complete works of George Orwell

Creator

• Orwell, George, 1903-1950

Contributor

• Davison, Peter, 1926-
• Orwell, George, 1903-1950

Subject

• Authors, English -- 20th century -- Biography
• Biographies
• History
• Homelessness -- England | London -- History -- 20th century
• Homelessness -- France | Paris -- History -- 20th century
• London (England) -- Social conditions -- 20th century
• Orwell, George, 1903-1950 -- Homes and haunts -- England | London
• Orwell, George, 1903-1950 -- Homes and haunts -- France | Paris
• Paris (France) -- Social conditions -- 20th century

Genre

• Biography
• History
• Biographies

Language

eng

Summary

"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'."--Jacket

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• Works., Selections

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UKM

Dewey number

823.912

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Series statement

Penguin classics