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George Orwell: A Life in Letters

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Description for George Orwell: A Life in Letters paperback. Featuring correspondents such as T S Eliot, Stephen Spender and Anthony Powell, this book includes letters that were written and received by George Orwell. Editor(s): Davison, Peter. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 560 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BGLA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 402.

With such varied correspondents as T. S. Eliot, Stephen Spender and Anthony Powell, for nearly forty years George Orwell wrote and received the letters that are now collected together in A Life in Letters, edited with an introduction by Peter Davison in Penguin Modern Classics.

Personal as well as political, Orwell's letters offer a fascinating window into the mind of a phenomenal man. We are privy to snatched glimpses of his family life: his son Richard's developing teeth, the death of his wife Eileen, and his own illness. Candid portraits of Barcelona during the Spanish Civil War, his opinions ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
560
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Series
Penguin Modern Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
576
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141192635
SKU
V9780141192635
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About George Orwell
Eric Arthur Blair (George Orwell) was born in India in 1903. He was educated at Eton, served with the Indian Imperial Police in Burma, and worked in Britain as a private tutor, schoolteacher, bookshop assistant and journalist. In 1936, Orwell went to fight for the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War and was wounded. In 1938 he was admitted into ... Read more

Reviews for George Orwell: A Life in Letters
Arouses your warmest sympathy
Daily Mail
A Life in Letters contains nearly everything a reader new to Orwell needs to know about him
DJ Taylor
New Statesman
'Mr Davison's new edition of the letters is compelling...unlike a conventional biography, the character of the subject comes through undiluted.'
Sunday Telegraph
'This is the authentic ... Read more

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