Orwell in Paris: The True Story Behind George Orwell's Down and Out Adventures in France

Told for the first time, the real story behind George Orwell’s travels and adventures that inspired Down and Out in Paris and London.

For all the books about George Orwell’s life and career, insight on his formative writing years remains sparse. Orwell’s first published work, Down and Out in Paris and London has until now been the only window on his life in the French capital at the end of the 1920s. But how far can George Orwell’s account be trusted? A lack of solid information has led Down...