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Down and Out in Paris and London

George Orwell

From Paris kitchens to London spikes, I follow hunger, exhausting work and charity, then ask why poverty is treated as a fault.

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38 parts, about 38 minutes to read.

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Author
George Orwell
Parts
38 parts
Reading time
about 38 minutes
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What the summary covers

  1. I. The Rue du Coq d’Or1 min
  2. II. Charlie at the bistro1 min
  3. III. Six francs a day1 min
  4. IV. Boris1 min
  5. V. The search begins1 min
  6. VI. Three more weeks1 min
  7. VII. Hunger and the pawnshop1 min
  8. VIII. The secret society1 min
  9. IX. A hotel job1 min
  10. X. My first day at the Hôtel X.1 min
  11. XI. The cafeterie1 min
  12. XII. Behind the dining room1 min
  13. XIII. The hotel’s ranks1 min
  14. XIV. Speed and display1 min
  15. XV. Valenti’s story1 min
  16. XVI. Work, sleep, and little else1 min
  17. XVII. Saturday at the bistro1 min
  18. XVIII. Charlie’s second story1 min
  19. XIX. The Auberge before opening1 min
  20. XX. Seventeen and a half hours1 min
  21. XXI. Leaving Paris1 min
  22. XXII. The Work of a Plongeur1 min
  23. XXIII. Charlie's Story of Roucolle1 min
  24. XXIV. Back in England1 min
  25. XXV. East London Lodging Houses1 min
  26. XXVI. Tea and Prayers1 min
  27. XXVII. My First Spike1 min
  28. XXVIII. Paddy1 min
  29. XXIX. A Place to Sit1 min
  30. XXX. Bozo1 min
  31. XXXI. Begging as Work1 min
  32. XXXII. London Words1 min
  33. XXXIII. Charity and Resentment1 min
  34. XXXIV. On the Road to Cromley1 min
  35. XXXV. Lower Binfield1 min
  36. XXXVI. Why Tramps Keep Moving1 min
  37. XXXVII. Paying for Sleep1 min
  38. XXXVIII. What I Had Learned1 min

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