Orwell and the dispossessed | george orwell

Including Down and Out in Paris and LondonOrwell was the great moral force of his age SpectatorThe powerful writings collected together in this volume chronicle George Orwells 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 Orwells 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.