Listen, read, learn. 1933.
Text Down and Out in London and Paris
http://www.planetebook.com/ebooks/Down-and-Out-in-Paris-and-London.pdf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Down_and_Out_in_Paris_and_London
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14372195
And listen to this!
"He'd know her (today, poverty) straight away." "Utter misery"
Audio
BBC "Has anything changed?"
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/docarchive/docarchive_20111007-1242a.mp3
