- Forfatter: George Orwell
- Format: Innbundet
- Antall sider: 256
- Språk: Engelsk
- Forlag/Utgiver: SD Books
- Serienavn: Macmillan Collector's Library
- EAN: 9781529032703
- Utgivelsesår: 2021
- Bidragsyter: Orwell, George
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<p><i>Down and Out in Paris</i> <i>and </i><i>London</i> was George Orwell’s first published book. It is at once a very personal account, and a vivid exposé of hard lives weighed down by poverty in France and England between the wars.<br><br>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.<br><br>Towards the end of the 1920s, whilst living in Paris, George Orwell’s few remaining funds are stolen and he quickly falls into a life of severe poverty. Living hand to mouth, he shares squalid lodgings with Russian-born Boris and finds tedious and back-breaking work washing up in the bowels of Paris restaurant kitchens. On his return to England, he lives as a tramp, finding occasional shelter in
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