From the author of 1984,<\/em> the classic semi-autobiographical story about the adventures of a penniless British writer in two cities.<\/strong>Down and Out in Paris and London <\/em>follows the journey of a writer among the down-and-out in two great cities. Without self-pity and often with humor, this novel is Orwell at his finest?a sobering, truthful protrayal of poverty and society.<\/P>"