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George Orwell was born Eric Blair in 1903 in India. He served with the Imperial Police in Burma and worked variously as a dishwasher, teacher, and bookseller before joining the Republican Army in the Spanish Civil War. A member of the Home Guard during World War II as well as a writer for the BBC, he later became a correspondent for the London Observer. Orwell was the author of six novels as well as numerous essays and nonfiction works. He died in 1950. - Source: Powell's Books |
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The adventures of a broke British writer as he works as a dishwasher in Paris and stays in homeless shelters in London. - Source: Library Thing View Detailed Summary
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In this highly regarded work, famous for its realistic and unsentimental description of poverty, Orwell narrates the adventures of a penniless British writer who finds himself rapidly descending into the seedy heart of two great European capitals. As a dishwasher in Paris, he describes in vivid detail the horrors of what goes on behind the scenes in the kitchens of posh French restaurants. In London, he encounters the disturbing world of street people and charitable shelters. His adventures conning landlords and negotiating with pawnshops as he searches for work, food, and lodging are told with occasional humor and a clarity that teaches some sobering Orwellian truths about poverty and society. - Source: Powell's Books
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