Down and Out in Paris and London, autobiographical work by George Orwell, published in 1933. Orwell`s first published book, it contains essays in which actual events are recounted in a fictionalized form. This fictional memoir narrates often with humor the adventures of a penniless British writer among the down-and-outs of two great cities and, reflects the author`s preoccupation with social inequality and the conditions that create homelessness. The book begins by describing the protagonist`s stay in Paris, where he works as a dishwasher, before he moves back to England to explore life on the margins in London.