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Orwell finds work as a plongeur - a slave's slave - washing dishes for 14 hours a day in a stifling inferno of a cellar, deafened by oaths and the clanging of pots and pans.
Penniless in Paris, Orwell gets a job as a 'plongeur' - a slave's slave, washing dishes for fourteen hours a day in a stifling inferno of a cellar, deafened by oaths and the clanging of pots and pans. And he discovers a whole new world among the restaurant workers of the French capital.
Read by Joseph Millson
Abridged and produced by Jane Marshall
A Jane Marshall production for 麻豆官网首页入口 Radio 4.
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Wed 30 Jan 2013
22:45
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