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Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell (Hardcover, 2021)

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ISBN-13: 9781529032703, 978-1529032703. Down and Out in Paris and London was George Orwell's first published book. It is at once a very personal account, and a vivid expos?. of hard lives weighed down by poverty in France and England between the wars.

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Orwell's first published book, Down and Out in Paris and London, is at once a very personal account, an expose of poverty-stricken lives between the wars, and a call for social and economic reform. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition is introduced by writer Lara Feigel. Towards the end of the 1920s, whilst living in Paris, Orwell's few remaining funds are stolen and he falls into a life of severe poverty. Living hand to mouth, with barely a centime to his name, he shares squalid lodgings with Russian-born Boris and, for a while, finds tedious and back-breaking work as a 'plongeur' - washing up in the bowels of Paris restaurants. Back in England he lives as a tramp, finding occasional shelter in dangerous and filthy doss houses.