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More than 5000 entries on the history, culture and life of Britain (published in 1993 by Macmillan, now out of print)
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Down and Out in Paris and London
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(1933) Narrative by George *Orwell of his life in the late 1920s, struggling to make a living in Paris by giving English lessons and working as a plongeur (washer-up), and then taking to the road as a tramp back in England. An inside account of a submerged section of society, rich in detail and dialogue, his book was as much an education for the reader as the experiences had been for Orwell. He concludes: 'I shall never again think that all tramps are drunken scoundrels, nor expect a beggar to be grateful when I give him a penny... That is a beginning.'
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