Clothes are powerful things. Dressed in a tramp's clothes it is very difficult, at any rate for the first day, not to feel that you are genuinely degraded.

George Orwell

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Topic

Clothes make the man Clothing

Author

George Orwell

Source

Down and Out in Paris and London

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1933 1930s 20th century

Occupation

Journalist Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Orwell, George. Down and Out in Paris and London. Victor Gollancz, 1933, ch. 24.

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Language
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Time
1932 1930s 20th century
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