title: Down And Out In Paris And London (Modern Classics)
author:  George Orwell 
description: Eric Arthur Blair (1903-1950), better known by his pen-name, George Orwell, was born in India, where his father worked for the Civil Service. An author and journalist, Orwell was one of the most prominent and influential figures in twentieth-century literature. His unique political allegory Animal Farm was published in 1945, and it was this novel, together with the dystopia of Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), which brought him world-wide fame. His novels and non-fiction include Burmese Days, Down and Out in Paris and London, The Road to Wigan Pier and Homage to Catalonia.
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  GEORGE ORWELL
  
  Down and Out in Paris and London
  
  > O scathful harm, condicion of poverte!
  
  > CHAUCER
  
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  PENGUIN BOOKS  
  in association with Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd
  
  
  
  
  
  Contents
  
  > > [Chapter I](Down_and_Out_in_Paris_and_Londo_split_006.html#filepos39770)
  
  > > [Chapter II](Down_and_Out_in_Paris_and_Londo_split_007.html#filepos48926)
  
  > > [Chapter III](Down_and_Out_in_Paris_and_Londo_split_008.html#filepos61265)
  
  > > [Chapter IV](Down_and_Out_in_Paris_and_Londo_split_009.html#filepos71676)
  
  > > [Chapter V](Down_and_Out_in_Paris_and_Londo_split_010.html#filepos82850)
  
  > > [Chapter VI](Down_and_Out_in_Paris_and_Londo_split_011.html#filepos94062)
  
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  > VII](Down_and_Out_in_Paris_and_Londo_split_012.html#filepos104867)
  
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  > VIII](Down_and_Out_in_Paris_and_Londo_split_013.html#filepos119323)
  
  > > [Chapter IX](Down_and_Out_in_Paris_and_Londo_split_014.html#filepos131144)
  
  > > [Chapter X](Down_and_Out_i