Down and Out in Paris and London
George Orwell
Follow a British writer's adventures as a penniless down-and-out in Paris and London in this fictional memoir. With humor and without self-pity, the narrator exposes the posh French restaurant industry in Paris while working as a lowly dishwasher, and dives into the world of homelessness and free lodging houses in London. Through his experiences, readers discover sobering truths about poverty and society in this eye-opening tale.
Publish Date
1972-03-15T00:00:00.000Z
1972-03-15T00:00:00.000Z
first published in 1933
Goodreads Rating
4.09
ISBN
9780156262248
Categories
Recommendations
1
Recommendations
2018-12-13T00:00:00.000Z
“Down and Out” is hilarious, with a humor quite unexpected in the otherwise seemingly somber Brother Blair. I listen to it often (a couple of places are dated and I have to skip) when I want to laugh. – source