tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post777430991123508348..comments2023-10-20T16:03:03.157+01:00Comments on Devouring Texts: Orwell October: Down and Out In Paris and LondonLaurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-56231147387184949552011-10-08T07:36:25.406+01:002011-10-08T07:36:25.406+01:00I love Orwell and Animal Farms is one of my most r...I love Orwell and Animal Farms is one of my most read books of all times-after reading Down and Out in Paris and London I lost all desire to eat in fancy restaurants!Mel uhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08714473754458914681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-11315267787891987992011-10-06T11:09:34.963+01:002011-10-06T11:09:34.963+01:00Ooh, I must have seen that in From Hell to since, ...Ooh, I must have seen that in From Hell to since, being a Johnny Depp movie, I've obviously seen it! Definitely read about it in Down and Out... first though.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-26605319757875595412011-10-05T16:49:57.991+01:002011-10-05T16:49:57.991+01:00Man. I need to read more Orwell. Also I keep confu...Man. I need to read more Orwell. Also I keep confusing him with George Bernard Shaw, which is unfortunate.<br /><br />"there's a bit where he talks about this really unpleasant lodging where you sleep sitting up, leaning against this bit of string, and then when it's morning, the string is cut and everyone has to leave."<br /><br />Hah! This happens in the terrible Johnny Depp movie From Hell. So I guess that's a Victorian (or maybe it started even earlier) practice that held out.Reading Rambohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12614467198216577755noreply@blogger.com