<P> In imitation of Jack London , whose writing he admired ( particularly The People of the Abyss ) , Blair started to explore the poorer parts of London . On his first outing he set out to Limehouse Causeway , spending his first night in a common lodging house , possibly George Levy 's ' kip ' . For a while he `` went native '' in his own country , dressing like a tramp , adopting the name P.S. Burton and making no concessions to middle - class mores and expectations ; he recorded his experiences of the low life for use in `` The Spike '' , his first published essay in English , and in the second half of his first book , Down and Out in Paris and London ( 1933 ) . </P>
<P> In imitation of Jack London , whose writing he admired ( particularly The People of the Abyss ) , Blair started to explore the poorer parts of London . On his first outing he set out to Limehouse Causeway , spending his first night in a common lodging house , possibly George Levy 's ' kip ' . For a while he `` went native '' in his own country , dressing like a tramp , adopting the name P.S. Burton and making no concessions to middle - class mores and expectations ; he recorded his experiences of the low life for use in `` The Spike '' , his first published essay in English , and in the second half of his first book , Down and Out in Paris and London ( 1933 ) . </P>
when did george orwell write his first book
when did george orwell write his first book
1933
1933