{"product_id":"down-and-out-in-paris-and-london-15","title":"Down and Out in Paris and London","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVolume 1 of \u003ci\u003eThe Complete Works of George Orwell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFew authors can have striven so hard to make themselves professional writers as did George Orwell. As a child he talked of becoming a writer; he wrote for student publications at Eton; whilst serving in the Imperial Police in Burma he sketched out ideas for \u003ci\u003eBurmese Days\u003c\/i\u003e; on returning to Europe, he spent two years in Paris struggling to write.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDown and Out in Paris\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eand London\u003c\/i\u003e was the outcome of those years in Paris and of months tramping south-east England. Whilst not quite autobiography, it does give a vivid picture of the kind of life he led 'in the lower depths', and exemplifies his belief that 'The greatest of evils and the worst of crimes is poverty. ' Orwell thought of calling this first book 'Confessions of a Dishwasher', and he hesitated for some time over the pseudonym under which it was published, the name by which, in due time, he was to achieve worldwide fame: George Orwell.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis edition of \u003ci\u003eDown and Out in Paris\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eand London\u003c\/i\u003e differs in many ways from all earlier editions and retores material censored by its original publisher in 1933.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54218247864664,"sku":"9781787300972","price":38.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781787300972_9e340c1b-42e6-458b-9a33-e292e0be5ce9.jpg?v=1764675033","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/down-and-out-in-paris-and-london-15","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}