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lyall | 17:07 Mon 14th Mar 2011 | Books & Authors
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I am hoping that one of you may be able to help me. I am looking for a novel that was written and set in the 1920's and/or 1930's. One or more of the characters (they don't have to be the main ones) must be unemployed, and the text must show the struggles that they have. (I have to show if they believe being unemployed is a social stigma in the twenties and thirties) I already have Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway and Winifred Holtby's South Riding, but I need another novel to help compare and contrast. I’ve spent all day searching but have drawn a blank. Any help will be gratefully received. Thank you.
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No Mean City has some of what you require but is not a complete match.
go over to abebooks and ask on their booksleuth forum
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Thank you scotman, just Googled No Mean City, as you say it’s not a complete match, but I recon I will get some very good points out of it, and the fact that its set in Scotland means that I have three very different places to compare and contrast also. Woofgang will give abebooks a try; I often struggle to find relevant novels for a specific topic. Many thanks to both of you for your prompt replies.
This sprang to mind. Not sure how well it fits the bill.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_on_the_Dole
The book was written in the 1930s
George Orwell's "Down and Out in London and Paris"

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