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| Genre/Form: | Biography Biographies |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | George Orwell; George Orwell; George Orwell |
| Material Type: | Biography |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Peter Hobley Davison |
| ISBN: | 0312128207 9780312128203 |
| OCLC Number: | 32508110 |
| Description: | xxvii, 175 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Contents: | 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. |
| Series Title: | Literary lives (New York, N.Y.) |
| Responsibility: | Peter Davison. |
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