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George Orwell: A Literary Life

By Peter Davison

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
1996
ISBN
0312128207, 9780312128203
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
12 MB (12197311 bytes)
Series
Literary Lives
Pages
205\204
Time added
2015-08-03 09:46:48

Description

This account of Orwell's life focuses on what influenced Orwell, his relations with publishers and editors, and on certain key experiences in his life: the deposition that, while fighting in the Spanish Civil War, he was guilty of espionage and high treason; his work at the BBC, especially in developing 'cultural propaganda' and as the forerunner of the Open University; his interest in pamphlet literature; his time as a war correspondent; and his activities during the Cold War. A detailed analysis of his earnings between 1922 to 1945 reveals how very poor he was and challenges the widely-held, but unsustainable belief that he was paid a large sum to investigate conditions in Wigam.

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