Down and out in Paris and London
Orwell, George, 1903-19502021
Book
Total copies: 10
Written when Orwell was a struggling writer in his twenties, this book documents his 'first contact with poverty': sleeping in bug-infested hostels, working as a dishwasher in Paris, surviving on scraps and cigarette butts, living alongside tramps.
Main title:
Down and out in Paris and London / George Orwell.
Author:
Imprint:
London : HarperPress, 2021.
Collation:
256 pages ; 20 cm.
Series title:
ISBN:
9780008442651 (pbk)0008442657 (pbk)9780008442675 (ePub ebook)
Dewey class:
B ORW362.5094
LC class:
HV4545
Language:
English
Subject:
Orwell, George, 1903-1950Homelessness -- England -- London -- History -- 20th centuryHomelessness -- France -- Paris -- History -- 20th centuryNovelists, English -- 20th century -- BiographyPoor -- France -- Paris -- History -- 20th centuryPoor -- England -- London -- History -- 20th centuryBiographyBiographyLondon (England) -- Social conditions -- 20th centuryParis (France) -- Social conditions -- 20th century
BRN:
381904