Down and Out in Paris and London
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9781847499271
In late 1927, at the age of twenty-four, George Orwell relocated to a tiny flat on London's Portobello Road, and from there embarked on a series of exploratory "tramping" expeditions to the city's East End, then a place of great squalor and deprivation. Later he moved to Paris's bohemian Latin Quarter, where, in early 1929, during a bout of serious illness, he was the victim of a robbery that left him in a state of near destitution, forcing him to work punishing hours in a series of menial jobs, including as a restaurant dishwasher. These real-life experiences laid the foundations for what would be the young writer's first full-length work. Populated by a troupe of colourful characters, replete with penetrating observations and cast in the limpid prose that would become Orwell's hallmark, Down and Out in Paris and London - published by Victor Gollancz in 1933 - provides both an invaluable historical snapshot and an insight into the perennial social evils of inequality, poverty and alienation.
| Autor: | Orwell, George |
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| EAN: | 9781847499271 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Seitenzahl: | 224 |
| Produktart: | kartoniert, broschiert |
| Verlag: | Alma Classics Bloomsbury Trade |
| Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 10.10.2024 |
| Untertitel: | Annotated Edition |
| Schlagworte: | 1984 Memoir Biografien/Erinnerungen |
| Größe: | 200 × 130 × 20 |
| Gewicht: | 210 g |
