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SheilaT

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3. Down and Out in Paris and London.

Reply to SpearthrowerOwl (Original post)

Tue May 28, 2013, 01:16 AM

May 2013

Absolutely amazing. I will warn all of you, that the anti-Semitism in it is pervasive and offensive. Just remember that it was written a very long time ago. But the depiction of life in that time and place is mesmerizing.

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George Orwell books [View all] SpearthrowerOwl May 2013 OP

I have only read 1984 and Animal Farm, Curmudgeoness May 2013 #1

Everyman's Library has (or had) a complete Essays, which I can recommend, bemildred May 2013 #2

Down and Out in Paris and London. SheilaT May 2013 #3