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Just finished his "Down and out in Paris and London"[1] about life in extreme poverty as an unemployed man, as a low-wage worker and as a tramp in the 1930s. A
by carlosjobim 3y ago
Just finished his "Down and out in Paris and London"[1] about life in extreme poverty as an unemployed man, as a low-wage worker and as a tramp in the 1930s. A good read and a short book.
[1] https://annas-archive.org/md5/6486c7cb2f83f4a97cc02728ff77c207 https://annas-archive.org/md5/6486c7cb2f83f4a97cc02728ff77c2...
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- cryptoz 3y agoI've read this 3-4 times and can't state enough that it's my favorite Orwell book (haven't read them all, but you know).
- jacobolus 3y agoIn my opinion it's much better than any of Orwell's fiction.
- rodgerd 3y agoOne of his most crucial, but under-appreciated, works.
- pilingual 3y agoI concur. This was on Chris Beiser's "Alpha List" (he asked Twitter what books no one else would recommend that would yield alpha; so far it's a good set of books).
- fuzztester 3y agoWe had it in English Literature class at some point. Also Animal Farm by him. His 1984, I think I read on my own. I heard from older people that when 1984 rolled around, many people bought the book, thinking the date was meant literally.
- swayvil 3y agoIt's called "dogsbody". Savor that term.