George Orwell: a literary life

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A study of author George Orwell focusing on the people, readings and circumstances that influenced him and looking at his relationship with publishers and editors, with a detailed chronology of his life.

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Full title :George Orwell : a literary life / Peter Davison.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:1996.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):St. Martin's Press
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:1996.

The Physical Object

Description:xxvii, 175 pages ; : 23 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0312128207, 9780312128203, 033354157X, 9780333541579, 0333541588, 9780333541586
oclc:ocm32508110
LC Classification:PR6029.R8
Dewey Decimal:B

1. Getting Started. The Family. The Buddicoms. St. Cyprian's and Eton -- 2. Foreign Fields. Burma Days. Days in London and Paris. Down and Out: Financial Returns -- 3. The Profession of Author. Blair and Orwell. Burmese Days. The Rejected 'Pot-boilers' -- 4. The Turning-Point: Wigan and Spain. The Road to Wigan Pier. Homage to Catalonia -- 5. Orwell as Reviewer and Essayist -- 6. Events Leading Up to the War and the BBC Years -- 7. The Last Five Years. War Correspondent. Animal Farm. Nineteen Eighty-Four -- 8. Conclusion.

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18.05 English literature Authors, English Authors, English -- Biography. -- 20th … Authors, English--20th century--Biograp… Biografias de literatos Biographies Biographies (form) Biography Écrivains anglais -- Biographies. -- 20… Great Britain Journalists Journalists -- Biography. -- Great Brit… Miscelanea inglesa (literatura) Orwell, George Orwell, George, 1903-1950