02087cam a2200253 i 4500 11202 IN-BhIIT 20250922122259.0 130315s2013 nyuaf b 001 0 eng 9780141192635 (pbk.) IN-BhIIT eng 928 ORW/L Orwell, George Author 2892 George orwell : a life in letters / George Orwell ; selected and annotated by Peter Davison. London : Penguin Classics, 2011. xviii, 542 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction -- From pupil to teacher to author: 1911/1933 -- Publishing, Wigan and Spain: 1934/1938 -- From Morocco to the BBC: 1938/1941 -- The BBC and the War: 1941/1943 -- Journalism and the death of Eileen: 1943/1945 -- Jura: 1946 and 1947 -- Hairmyres and Jura: 1948 -- Cranham, University College Hospital, and Orwell's death: 1949/1950 -- New textual discoveries. 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 on bayonets, and on the chaining of German prisoners display his magnificent talent as a political writer, and letters to friends and his publisher provide a unique insight into the development and publication of some of the most important novels in the English language. A Life in Letters features previously unpublished material, including letters which shed new light on a love that would haunt him for his whole life, as well as revealing the inspiration for some of his most famous characters. Presented for the first time in a dedicated volume, this selection of Orwell's letters is an indispensible companion to his diaries. Autobiography 20592 Davison, Peter Hobley, editor. 26435 GEN 14864 14864 0 0 ddc 0 0 GEN CLIITBBS CLIITBBS 2025-02-21 32 674.25 0 928 ORW/L 11202 2025-02-21 00:00:00 899.00 2025-02-21 GEN