He is teetering on the brink of true homelessness when he finally gets a job as a dishwasher in a hotel. He even goes for two days without food as his circumstances worsen. He begins selling his clothing, and then pawning his clothing, as he searches for a job with a Russian waiter. He earns income for a little while teaching English, but this dries up. He loses his savings when an Italian compositor makes a copy of his room key. His descent into poverty is given all the airs of a tragic-comedy. He describes the atmosphere of Paris at that time, with all its unusual characters, art scene, and immigrant population. In the first half of Down and Out, he describes his experiences in Paris. After a serious illness, he returns to London and begins to write. He then moved to Paris into the Latin Quarter, a bohemian section of town known for its writers and artists. When Orwell first left his post in Burma as a police officer, he moved to London to travel and publish material for different journals, including what would be the first workings of the second half of his manuscript. He gives details of working in Paris in near homeless conditions as well as travel experiences in London. It details his time spent in Paris and London just before publishing his first novel. Down and Out in Paris and London is a memoir on poverty by George Orwell published in 1933.
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