Down and Out in Paris and London

An extraordinary and curious book: beautifully phrased, meticulous, honest and funny. George Orwell’s 1933 memoir, and a study of poverty, is a book both rooted in its era and able to transcend it… a book that has inspired countless people to try to understand the personal and political issues at the heart of homelessness – and continues to do so today. – Hannah Price
The white-hot reaction of a sensitive, observant, compassionate young man to poverty’
Orwell was the great moral force of his age * Spectator *
Vivid and lurid and unappetizing, are the pictures he gives of what goes on behind the scenes, human and otherwise * Kirkus *
It was the book of nonfiction in which he becomes George Orwell

George Orwell (Author)

George Orwell (1903-1950) is one of England’s most famous writers and social commentators. He is the author of the classic political satire Animal Farm and the dystopian masterpiece Nineteen Eighty-Four. He is also well known for his essays and journalism, particularly his works covering his travels and his time fighting in the Spanish Civil War. His writing is celebrated for its piercing clarity, purpose and wit and his books continue to be bestsellers all over the world.

Kerry Hudson (Introducer)

Kerry Hudson was born in Aberdeen. Her first novel, Tony Hogan Bought Me an Ice-cream Float Before He Stole My Ma, won the Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust First Book Award and was shortlisted for an array of prizes including the Guardian First Book Award and the Sky Arts Award. Thirst, her second novel, won the prestigious Prix Femina etranger. Lowborn, her highly acclaimed first work of non-fiction, was a Radio 4 Book of the Week, a Guardian and Spectator Book of the Year and Stylist Book of the Decade. It is followed by Newborn. She was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2020.

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