Orwell and the Dispossessed

George Orwell's powerful writings, including "Down and Out in Paris and London," chronicle his first-hand experiences of life among the underclass in two nations. The memoir exposes the reality of poverty and includes articles and letters on sleeping rough, being arrested, and the poverty he witnessed in Morocco and India.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 448 pages
Publication date: 01 October 2020
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

George Orwell was the great moral force of his age. Spectator The powerful writings collected together in this volume chronicle George Orwell's first-hand experiences of life among the underclass of the two nations of rich and poor. Down and Out in Paris and London is the young Orwell's memoir of his time as a struggling, often penniless writer, living among the destitute and dispossessed, in which he exposes what going to the dogs is really like. There are also articles and letters on sleeping rough in Trafalgar Square, being arrested for drunkenness, on the poverty Orwell witnessed in Morocco and India, and his shocking essay, How the Poor Die. Edited by Peter Davison with an Introduction by Peter Clarke

Weight: 326g
Dimension: 128 x 196 x 29 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780241418000