Prelim Dispatches: August 6th
On Orwell being flat broke and Fitzgerald's sense of performance and possession.
Book 27: Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell
I took the chunnel to London last week from Paris for a day trip and Orwell’s memoir on being absolutely dead broke in Paris and London was small enough to fit into my purse. A 4.5 hour (round trip) train ride with spotty cell reception is the perfect place to hunker into a 220 page book.
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