George Orwell: A Life

✍ Scribed by Crick, Bernard;Orwell, George

• Publisher: The Sutherland House Inc.
• Year: 2019
• Tongue: English
• Series: Sutherland classics
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Intro; Title; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. "And I was a chubby boy"; 2. The joys of prep school and the echoing green; 3. Learning and holidays; 4. Eton: Resting on the oars (1917-21); 5. An Englishman in Burma (1922-27); 6. Going native in London and Paris (1928-31); 7. Hard times or struggling up (1932-34); 8. Bookshop days (1934-35); 9. The crucial journey (1936) to Wigan Pier and home to Wallington; 10. Spain and "necessary murder" (1937); 11. Coming Up for Air (1938-39): The political writer; 12. The challenge and frustration of war (1939-41)

✦ Table of Contents

Intro
Title
Copyright
Preface
Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. "And I was a chubby boy"
2. The joys of prep school and the echoing green
3. Learning and holidays
4. Eton: Resting on the oars (1917-21)
5. An Englishman in Burma (1922-27)
6. Going native in London and Paris (1928-31)
7. Hard times or struggling up (1932-34)
8. Bookshop days (1934-35)
9. The crucial journey (1936) to Wigan Pier and home to Wallington
10. Spain and "necessary murder" (1937)
11. Coming Up for Air (1938-39): The political writer
12. The challenge and frustration of war (1939-41) 13. Broadcasting days (1941-43)14. Tribune and the making of Animal Farm (1943-45)
15. Famous and solitary man (1945-46)
16. Jura days
17. The last days and Nineteen Eighty-Four
Appendix A
Appendix B
Notes
Index
Backcover

✦ Subjects

Authors, English--20th century;Essays;Journalists--Great Britain;Biography;;Orwell, George, -- 1903-1950;Authors, English -- 20th century -- Biography;Journalists -- Great Britain -- Biography