A life in letters
A compilation of personal letters creates an autobiography of the author of "Nineteen Eighty-Four" through his correspondence with other literary luminaries, including T.S. Elliot and Henry Miller, as well as letters to complete strangers.
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- Full title :A life in letters / selected and annotated by Peter Davison.
Summary
A compilation of personal letters creates an autobiography of the author of "Nineteen Eighty-Four" through his correspondence with other literary luminaries, including T.S. Elliot and Henry Miller, as well as letters to complete strangers.
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- Publication Date:2013.
- Edition:First American edition
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Liveright Pub. Corporation
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2013.
Notes
Originally published: London : Harvill Secker, 2010.
The Physical Object
- Description:560 pages ; : 25 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780871404626, 0871404621
- oclc:on1102137980
- Dewey Decimal:B
Table of Contents
Introduction -- From pupil to teacher to author: 1911/1933 -- Publishing, Wigan and Spain: 1934/1938 -- From Morocco to the BBC: 1938/1941 -- The BBC and the War: 1941/1943 -- Journalism and the death of Eileen: 1943/1945 -- Jura: 1946 and 1947 -- Hairmyres and Jura: 1948 -- Cranham, University College Hospital, and Orwell's death: 1949/1950 -- New textual discoveries.
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