Down and Out in Paris and London
Autor George Orwellen Limba Engleză Hardback – 12 aug 2020
You can live on a shilling a day in Paris if you know how. But it is a complicated business.
When he was a struggling writer in his twenties, George Orwell lived as a down-and-out among the poorest members of society. In this early memoir, he recounts shocking experiences 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-and-two-slices.
With sensitivity and compassion, Orwell exposed the hardships of poverty and gave readers an unprecedented look at life lived on the fringes of society. His 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.'
The Authoritative Text. With a new introduction by Kerry Hudson.
*This stunning edition of Down and Out in Paris and London features period artwork by Elizabeth Friedlander, one of Europe's pre-eminent 20th-century graphic designers. Look out for complementjary editions of Orwell's essential works Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four.*
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781787302532
ISBN-10: 1787302539
Pagini: 240
Dimensiuni: 139 x 208 x 32 mm
Greutate: 0.35 kg
Editura: Random House
Colecția Harvill Secker
ISBN-10: 1787302539
Pagini: 240
Dimensiuni: 139 x 208 x 32 mm
Greutate: 0.35 kg
Editura: Random House
Colecția Harvill Secker
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Notă biografică
Eric
Arthur
Blair
(1903-1950),
better
known
by
his
pen-name,
George
Orwell,
was
born
in
India,
where
his
father
worked
for
the
Civil
Service.
An
author
and
journalist,
Orwell
was
one
of
the
most
prominent
and
influential
figures
in
twentieth-century
literature.
His
unique
political
allegoryAnimal
Farmwas
published
in
1945,
and
it
was
this
novel,
together
with
the
dystopia
ofNineteen
Eighty-Four(1949),
which
brought
him
world-wide
fame.
His
novels
and
non-fiction
includeBurmese
Days,
Down
and
Out
in
Paris
and
London,
The
Road
to
Wigan
PierandHomage
to
Catalonia.
Recenzii
He
saw
through
everything...
Many
have
tried
to
imitate
his
particular
kind
of
clarity
without
anything
like
his
moral
authority
A man who looked at his world with wonder and wrote down exactly what he saw, in admirable prose
A man who looked at his world with wonder and wrote down exactly what he saw, in admirable prose
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"Poverty is what I am writing about".In the late 1920s, Eric Blair resigned his post as a colonial policeman in Burma, immersed himself in the slums of Paris and London, and reinvented himself as George Orwell, one of the most revered prose stylists in the English language. Orwell decided to write about the lives of the poor - the dishwashers of Paris, the tramps of London - not by imagining poverty, but by experiencing poverty. The result is a book which is as provocative and incisive about class inequalities, homelessness, and social prejudices today as it was when it was first published in 1933.Down and Out in Paris and London was George Orwell's first book, and it remains a masterpiece of prose writing. This edition is accompanied by an introduction which examines Orwell's book for its literary, social, and political significance.ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
"Poverty is what I am writing about".In the late 1920s, Eric Blair resigned his post as a colonial policeman in Burma, immersed himself in the slums of Paris and London, and reinvented himself as George Orwell, one of the most revered prose stylists in the English language. Orwell decided to write about the lives of the poor - the dishwashers of Paris, the tramps of London - not by imagining poverty, but by experiencing poverty. The result is a book which is as provocative and incisive about class inequalities, homelessness, and social prejudices today as it was when it was first published in 1933.Down and Out in Paris and London was George Orwell's first book, and it remains a masterpiece of prose writing. This edition is accompanied by an introduction which examines Orwell's book for its literary, social, and political significance.ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
Caracteristici
An insightful description of the underworld society in the two prosperous cities from the internationally bestselling author of Animal Farm and 1984