Down and Out in Paris and London

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Three francs will feed you till tomorrow, and you cannot think further than that...
As a young man struggling to find his voice as a writer, George Orwell left the comfort of home to live in the impoverished working districts of Paris and London. He would document both the chaos and boredom of destitution, the eccentric cast of characters he encountered, and the near-constant pains of hunger and discomfort.
Exposing the grim reality of a life marred by poverty,

About the author

George Orwell

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Foreword

The Internationally Best Selling Author of Animal Farm and 1984

Product details

• Authors: George Orwell
• Publisher: William Collins
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 31.01.2021
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries
• EAN: 9780008442668
• ISBN: 978-0-00-844266-8
• Dimensions (packing): 11.1 x 17.8 x 1.6 cm
• Series: Collins Classics
• Subjects: Biography: literary, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Philosophers, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Biography: general, Memoirs, Social & cultural history, TRAVEL / Europe / France, TRAVEL / Europe / Great Britain, Travel writing, Poverty & unemployment, Reportage & collected journalism, Social and cultural history, Social classes, Urban communities, Biography: writers, Biography: philosophy and social sciences, Reportage, journalism or collected columns, Housing & homelessness, Poverty and precarity, Housing and homelessness