Down and Out in Paris and London - George Orwell

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