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Title: Down and Out in Paris and London
Author: George Orwell
Narrator: Frederick Davidson
Format: Unabridged
Length: 6 hrs and 32 mins
Language: English
Release date: 04-23-09
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 198 votes
Genres: Fiction, Historical
Publisher's Summary:
A socialist who believed that the lower classes were the wellspring of world reform, Orwell actually went to live among them in England and on the continent. His novel draws on his experiences of this world, from the bottom of the echelon in the kitchens of posh French restaurants to the free lodging houses, tramps, and street people of London. In the tales of both cities, we learn some sobering truths about poverty and society.
Critic Reviews:
"Genuine, unexaggerated, and intelligent." - (New Republic)
"The most lucid portrait of poverty in the English language...combines good narrative with wit, humor, and honest realism." (The Nation)
"Excellent...a model of the realistic approach." (New York Times Book Review)
Members Reviews:
The King of Boldness, Clearness, and Audacity
George Orwell is one of those writers who you THINK you know when you read his couple, well known, books in your adolescence. Later, when older, you discover that 9/10 of his writing was submerged and hidden from your younger, more innocent self. The more of Orwell's nonfiction I read, the more I love his boldness, clearness, and audacity. Orwell's confidence in his writing is apparent even in his earlier works. Down and Out doesn't make me want to tramp, but it did teach me a couple tricks just incase.
Colorful and desperate. Humouros and tragic.
Would you listen to Down and Out in Paris and London again? Why?
Yes. I have read the book a few times and I like the first part read in a french accent from french characters. It really brings the characters to life.
What did you like best about this story?
The characters in the Hotels and the French Quarter the protagonist lives and works among. Madame F the landlord, Boris's optimism and friendship to the protagonist, Charlie's drunken speeches, Rocolle the cat eating miser, the snobby waiters that enjoy spending their customer's money on their food and drink by proxy, the lazy Siberian waiter that insults his boss in order to get fired half way thru the day at every job because they have to pay him him for the entire day (he has so much cheek), Mario (George's boss) that is more like a machine at work than a man, but fair minded. The height of meal rushes everyone is "swearing oaths" to one another, floors covered with garbage, employees stealing food and liquor--so well described how a hotel restaurant is ran. England: The Spike where the spinster in blue is giving the homeless men tea and a bun and she asks one man when was the last time he talked to his Lord Jesus. The man was over come with shame. A red nosed man jumped up and cried out the Lords name to draw attention away from the embarrassed man. The red nosed man had this act down, likely from prison. The spinster won't let the men leave until hymns are sung. The red nose man passes out the hymn books like from a deck of cards and spouts off the names of lucky hands only the men can hear as they each get a book--bringing something bearable to this contempt every christian charity makes these men go thru to get a few pieces of bread and a cup of tea. Reminds me of the old saying "sing for your supper." The filthy and crowded lodges that make the insect infested hotel rooms in Paris seem like luxury.
What about Frederick Davidsons performance did you like?
He was a bit stuffy as the protagonist.
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Title: Down and Out in Paris and London
Author: George Orwell
Narrator: Frederick Davidson
Format: Unabridged
Length: 6 hrs and 32 mins
Language: English
Release date: 04-23-09
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 198 votes
Genres: Fiction, Historical
Publisher's Summary:
A socialist who believed that the lower classes were the wellspring of world reform, Orwell actually went to live among them in England and on the continent. His novel draws on his experiences of this world, from the bottom of the echelon in the kitchens of posh French restaurants to the free lodging houses, tramps, and street people of London. In the tales of both cities, we learn some sobering truths about poverty and society.
Critic Reviews:
"Genuine, unexaggerated, and intelligent." - (New Republic)
"The most lucid portrait of poverty in the English language...combines good narrative with wit, humor, and honest realism." (The Nation)
"Excellent...a model of the realistic approach." (New York Times Book Review)
Members Reviews:
The King of Boldness, Clearness, and Audacity
George Orwell is one of those writers who you THINK you know when you read his couple, well known, books in your adolescence. Later, when older, you discover that 9/10 of his writing was submerged and hidden from your younger, more innocent self. The more of Orwell's nonfiction I read, the more I love his boldness, clearness, and audacity. Orwell's confidence in his writing is apparent even in his earlier works. Down and Out doesn't make me want to tramp, but it did teach me a couple tricks just incase.
Colorful and desperate. Humouros and tragic.
Would you listen to Down and Out in Paris and London again? Why?
Yes. I have read the book a few times and I like the first part read in a french accent from french characters. It really brings the characters to life.
What did you like best about this story?
The characters in the Hotels and the French Quarter the protagonist lives and works among. Madame F the landlord, Boris's optimism and friendship to the protagonist, Charlie's drunken speeches, Rocolle the cat eating miser, the snobby waiters that enjoy spending their customer's money on their food and drink by proxy, the lazy Siberian waiter that insults his boss in order to get fired half way thru the day at every job because they have to pay him him for the entire day (he has so much cheek), Mario (George's boss) that is more like a machine at work than a man, but fair minded. The height of meal rushes everyone is "swearing oaths" to one another, floors covered with garbage, employees stealing food and liquor--so well described how a hotel restaurant is ran. England: The Spike where the spinster in blue is giving the homeless men tea and a bun and she asks one man when was the last time he talked to his Lord Jesus. The man was over come with shame. A red nosed man jumped up and cried out the Lords name to draw attention away from the embarrassed man. The red nosed man had this act down, likely from prison. The spinster won't let the men leave until hymns are sung. The red nose man passes out the hymn books like from a deck of cards and spouts off the names of lucky hands only the men can hear as they each get a book--bringing something bearable to this contempt every christian charity makes these men go thru to get a few pieces of bread and a cup of tea. Reminds me of the old saying "sing for your supper." The filthy and crowded lodges that make the insect infested hotel rooms in Paris seem like luxury.
What about Frederick Davidsons performance did you like?
He was a bit stuffy as the protagonist.