George Orwell: The Complete Autobiographical Works

The Road to Wigan Pier, Homage to Catalonia, Down and Out in Paris and London, A Hanging, Bookshop Memories, Shooting an Elephant, Marrakech, Why I Write…

George Orwell

• Publisher: e-artnow
• Year: 2019
• Topic: Social Sciences
• eBook ISBN:
  4057664557001
• Subtopic: Social Science Biographies
• Index: Social Sciences

Down and Out in Paris and London is a memoir in two parts on the theme of poverty in the two cities. The first part is an account of living in near-destitution in Paris and the experience of casual labour in restaurant kitchens. The second part is a travelogue of life on the road in and around London from the tramp's perspective, with descriptions of the types of hostel accommodation available and some of the characters to be found living on the margins.The Road to Wigan Pier is a book by the British writer George Orwell, first published in 1937. The first half of this work documents his sociological investigations of the bleak living conditions among the working class in Lancashire and Yorkshire in the industrial north of England before World War II. The second half is a long essay on his middle-class upbringing, and the development of his political conscience, questioning British attitudes towards socialism. Orwell states plainly that he himself is in favour of socialism, but feels it necessary to point out reasons why many people who would benefit from socialism and should logically support it, are in practice likely to be strong opponents.Homage to Catalonia is George Orwell's personal account of his experiences and observations fighting for the Republican army during the Spanish Civil War. The war was one of the shaping events on his political outlook and a significant part of what led him to write, in 1946, "Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for Democratic Socialism, as I understand it."Contents: Down and Out in Paris and LondonThe Road to Wigan PierHomage to CataloniaA HangingBookshop MemoriesShooting an ElephantMarrakechWhy I WriteBooks vs. CigarettesSuch, Such Were the JoysAs I Please

Table of contents

• George Orwell: The Complete Autobiographical Works
• Table of Contents
• Down and Out in Paris and London
• The Road to Wigan Pier
• Homage to Catalonia
• A Hanging
• Bookshop Memories
• Shooting an Elephant
• Marrakech
• Why I Write
• Books vs. Cigarettes
• Such, Such Were the Joys
• As I Please