Down and Out in Paris and London - New Edition of Orwells Vivid and Groundbreaking Memoir

George Orwell's vivid memoir of his time living among the desperately poor and destitute, Down and Out in Paris and London is a moving tour of the underworld of society. Exposing a previously-hidden world to his readers, Orwell gave a human face to the statistics of poverty for the first time - and in doing so, found his voice as a writer.

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George Orwell (1903–1950) is one of England's most famous writers and social commentators. He is the author of the classic political satire Animal Farm and the dystopian masterpiece Nineteen Eighty-Four. He is also well known for his essays and journalism, particularly his works covering his travels and his time fighting in the Spanish Civil War. His writing is celebrated for its piercing clarity, purpose and wit and his books continue to be bestsellers all over the world.
Hugo Rifkind is a columnist, critic and leader writer for The Times and a presenter on Times Radio, having formerly been a columnist for the Spectator, GQ and the Herald. He is a regular panellist on BBC Radio 4’s comedy show The News Quiz, and an occasional guest on television shows that aren’t supposed to be funny at all. He was born and raised in Edinburgh, studied in Cambridge, and now lives in North London in a house where everybody else speaks German, including the dog.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: George Orwell
• Con la collaborazione di: Rifkind Hugo (Introduzione)
• Editore: BIRLINN LIMITED
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 04.01.2024
• EAN: 9781846976582
• ISBN: 978-1-84697-658-2
• Pagine: 256
• Serie: Polygon Classics
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi > Epistole, diari; Narrativa > Romanzi > Letteratura contemporanea (dal 1945); London, Greater London, City of London, France, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Survival, True stories, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Poverty & Homelessness, HISTORY / Social History, Memoirs, Social & cultural history, Poverty & unemployment, Social and cultural history, Paris (City), True stories of heroism, endurance & survival, True stories of heroism, endurance and survival, Poverty and precarity, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs, True stories / true accounts of events