{"product_id":"down-and-out-in-paris-and-london-annotated-edition","title":"Down and Out in Paris and London. Annotated Edition","description":"In late 1927, at the age of twenty-four, George Orwell relocated to a tiny flat on London's Portobello Road, and from there embarked on a series of exploratory \"tramping\" expeditions to the city's East End, then a place of great squalor and deprivation. Later he moved to Paris's bohemian Latin Quarter, where, in early 1929, during a bout of serious illness, he was the victim of a robbery that left him in a state of near destitution, forcing him to work punishing hours in a series of menial jobs, including as a restaurant dishwasher. These real-life experiences laid the foundations for what would be the young writer's first full-length work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePopulated by a troupe of colourful characters, replete with penetrating observations and cast in the limpid prose that would become Orwell's hallmark, Down and Out in Paris and London - published by Victor Gollancz in 1933 - provides both an invaluable historical snapshot and an insight into the perennial social evils of inequality, poverty and alienation.","brand":"Alma Books Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57585007165766,"sku":"9781847499271","price":10.64,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0852\/3081\/3510\/files\/4b0f39ebf1d038b271c5c00ba395b8ee33e7b7b05048ec38beff56c176e861f6.jpg?v=1791861370","url":"https:\/\/www.averdo.com\/products\/down-and-out-in-paris-and-london-annotated-edition","provider":"Averdo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}