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Eric Blair (known to some as George Orwell) wrote two of the most biting descriptions of the grind of poverty: Down and out in Paris and London http://www.geo
by dsq 13y ago
Eric Blair (known to some as George Orwell) wrote two of the most biting descriptions of the grind of poverty:
Down and out in Paris and London
http://www.george-orwell.org/Down_and_Out_in_Paris_and_London/ http://www.george-orwell.org/Down_and_Out_in_Paris_and_Londo...
The Road to Wigan Pier
http://www.george-orwell.org/The_Road_to_Wigan_Pier/ http://www.george-orwell.org/The_Road_to_Wigan_Pier/
- kenshiro_o 13y agoI read Down And Out In Paris and London and would recommend it to anyone who wants to read a detailed account of how it was (and probably still is) to be poor at Orwell's time. I believe The Road To Wigan Pier must be quite similar although it will most likely focus on British poverty. I think it is very hard to fully understand poverty unless one has lived in such conditions for a prolonged period of time as an adult (I don't know if they are any accurate studies on how it feels like to be a poor child).