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,

Info autore

George Orwell was the pen name of Eric Arthur Blair (1903-1950). A renowned journalist, essayist, critic and novelist, he is best known for his novels Animal Farm and 1984, and his work remains influential to this day.

Riassunto

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Prefazione

The Internationally Best Selling Author of Animal Farm and 1984

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: George Orwell
• Editore: William Collins
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.01.2021
• EAN: 9780008442668
• ISBN: 978-0-00-844266-8
• Dimensioni: 111 mm x 178 mm x 16 mm
• Serie: Collins Classics
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi; 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