George Orwell is a difficult author to summarize. He was a would-be
revolutionary who went to Eton, a political writer who abhorred dogma, a
socialist who thrived on his image as a loner, and a member of the
Indian Civil Service who chronicled the iniquities of imperialism. Both
the books in this volume were published in the 1930s, a "a low,
dishonest decade," as his coeval W.H.
Auden described it.
Orwell's subjects in Down and Out in Paris and London and The Road to
Wigan Pier are the political and social upheavals of his time. He focuses on the sense of profound injustice, incipient violence, and
malign betrayal that were ubiquitous in Europe in the 1930s.
Orwell's honesty, courage, and sense of decency are inextricably bound
up with the quasi-colloquial style that imbues his work with its
extraordinary power. His descriptions of working in the slums of Paris,
living the life of a tramp in England, and digging for coal with miners
in the Midlands make for a thoughtful, riveting account of the lives of
the working poor and of one man's search for the truth. Our edition
includes the following essays: Marrakesh; How the Poor Die; Antisemitism
in Britain; Notes on Nationalism
Down and Out in Paris and London & The Road to Wigan Pier - George Orwell
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