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Down and Out in Paris and London
Published 27 November 2017
ISBN 9781925498936
Format Paperback
Extent 256pp
AU Price $12.99
NZ Price $15.99

Down and Out in Paris and London

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27 Nov 2017
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27 Nov 2017
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Originally published in 1933 George Orwell's first work is a memoir of working in grimy restaurant kitchens in Paris, and tramping the streets and living in hostels in London.

Down and Out in Paris and London is one of the great accounts of life in the underclass: of being hard-up and hungry, of sleeping in seedy hostels and working in squalid restaurants. George Orwell’s first book published - when he was not yet thirty - is alive with the sights and smells of poverty. It is a revelatory memoir of surviving at the margins.
Published 27 November 2017
ISBN 9781925498936
Format Paperback
Extent 256pp
AU Price $12.99
NZ Price $15.99

About the author

George Orwell

George Orwell was one of England's most famous writers and social commentators. He was the author of the classic political satire Animal Farm and the dystopian masterpiece Nineteen Eighty-Four. He was 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.
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Praise for Down and Out in Paris and London

. . . Down and Out in Paris and London changed my life.

Anthony Bourdain, from the introduction

The truth in chapters of real life…Extraordinary confessions.

New Statesman

Unforgettable…A masterpiece: the most extraordinary series of vignettes, sketched with terrifying precision, of life deep in the greasy underbelly of destitution.

Sunday Express