Down and Out in Paris and London - Annotated Edition
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| Verlag | Bloomsbury Trade |
| Auflage | 2024 |
| Seiten | 224 |
| Format | 13,0 x 2,0 x 20,0 cm |
| Gewicht | 210 g |
| Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
| EAN | 9781847499271 |
| Bestell-Nr | 84749927UA |
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.
