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ORWELL GEORGE DOWN AND OUT IN PARIS AND LONDON

'You can live on a shilling a day in Paris if you know how. But it is a complicated business'As
a struggling writer in his twenties  Orwell lived as a down-and-out among the poorest members
of society. In this  his early memoir  Orwell recalls with vivid clarity his time working as a
penniless dishwasher in Paris  pawning clothes to buy a day's worth of bread and wine  sleeping
in bug-infested bunks  trading survival skills and cigarette butts with fellow tramps  and
trudging between London's workhouse spikes for a few hours' sleep and tea. With all of the
sensitivity and compassion that Orwell is known and loved for  he exposed the hardships of
poverty and gave readers an unprecedented look at life lived on the fringes of society. This
vivid account is an enduring call to support the world's most vulnerable people and exemplifies
his belief that 'The greatest of evils and the worst of crimes is poverty.'WITH AN INTRODUCTION
BY KERRY HUDSON

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