After leaving the Indian Civil Service he moved back to England and began to pull together his various journals and writings in order to prepare his first novels. ... This short novel was rejected twice, mainly on the grounds that it was only 35,000 words and used only a moderate part of all of the notes, journals and other things that he had collected and intended to use. ... Down and Out in Paris and London, is not a novel; it is a kind of documentary account of life unknown to most of its readers. ...

• Word Count: 8146
• Approx Pages: 33
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School