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I knew a man, I knew a man As thin as any grudging crow. EROS WITH CHILBLAINS was not the only poem RUTH PITTER (1897-1992) wrote about George Orwell. “The Crow”, published in The Bridge ...
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It was with great expectation that I sat down to read Paul Theroux’s latest novel, Burma Sahib, the story of Eric Blair’s experience as a colonial policeman during the 1920s. A much experie...
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“… sufficient evidence remains to be able to assert with confidence that Orwell was in male line descent from Alexander de Blair who flourished in the first half of the 13th century.” �...
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GEORGE ORWELL WAS EMPLOYED IN THE INDIAN SECTION OF THE BBC’S EASTERN SERVICE DURING WORLD WAR TWO BUT NO RECORDING OF HIS VOICE HAS SURVIVED. A CACHE OF HIS BBC RADIO SCRIPTS WAS DISCOVERED ...
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“Miss Elaine Limouzin’s recital at the SALLE ERARD on Thursday evening, May 4th, drew a large audience, which thoroughly appreciated the very agreeable entertainment… Miss Limouzin has an ...
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IN 1930, RUTH PITTER (1897-1992) WROTE A COMIC POEM PARODYING HER RELATIONSHIP WITH THE MAN WHO WAS TO BECOME GEORGE ORWELL. “EROS WITH CHILBLAINS”, PITTER’S IRONIC REACTION TO ERIC BLAIR�...
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WHY WERE TWO OF THE EARLIEST PIECES OF ORWELL’S JOURNALISM, WRITTEN IN PARIS DURING THE LATE 1920S WHEN HE WAS STILL E.-A. BLAIR, PUBLISHED BY A NEWSPAPER IN SAIGON? E.-A. Blair published...
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“Once a biographer has mastered his subject, sucked it dry as an ant does an aphid and stored its own juice in his own book, the rest of us need no longer bother our heads about inconvenient no...
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“When Eric returned to England in 1927, he spent a fortnight with Auntie Lilian at Ticklerton, where Prosper and Guiny were then staying. But completely unavoidable circumstances prevented me f...
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“I have begun the CHARTREUSE DE PARME , but have read only a few pages as yet, for I saw a reference in some work to THE PRINCE and, as I had never read it, I have begun that also and am about...
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“SHE WAS THE MISTRESS OF A PEER OF THE REALM FOR OVER THIRTY YEARS BUT WOULD NOT MARRY HIM WHEN THE SUBJECT WAS RAISED BECAUSE HIS INTELLECT WAS NOT, APPARENTLY, EQUAL TO HIS SEX DRIVE.” Er...
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WHILE HOLIDAYING IN CORNWALL WITH HIS FAMILY DURING THE SUMMER OF 1927, ERIC BLAIR ANNOUNCED HIS INTENTION TO QUIT A WELL-PAID JOB WITH THE INDIAN IMPERIAL POLICE TO BECOME A WRITER. SIX YEARS LA...
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“I WANT THIS ONE TO BE A WORK OF ART, & THAT CAN’T BE DONE WITHOUT MUCH BLOODY SWEAT.” ...
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> BIBLIOPHILES LOVE LITERARY CURIOS AND, WITH SUCH A FASCINATING > PUBLISHING HISTORY, GEORGE ORWELL IS A PARTICULARLY INTERESTING AND > COLLECTIBLE AUTHOR. Often Orwell publ...
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“THE AYAH IS A MOST IMPORTANT PERSONAGE IN THE ANGLO-INDIAN NURSERY, ONE ON WHOM VERY OFTEN THE WHOLE FUTURE HEALTH AND HAPPINESS OF THE ENGLISH CHILD DEPENDS, AND YET HOW LITTLE CARE IS OFTEN...
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MY NEW BOOK IS A UTOPIA IN THE FORM OF A NOVEL. I BALLSED IT UP RATHER, PARTLY OWING TO BEING SO ILL WHILE I WAS WRITING IT, BUT I THINK SOME OF THE IDEAS IN IT MIGHT INTEREST YOU. WE HAVEN’T ...
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Orwell and Empire Douglas Kerr Oxford University Press, 2022, pp 240 ISBN: 978 0 192 86409 3 > Once there was a British writer, an Englishman who was born in > India. He was p...
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“It would be dishonest of me not to feel pleasure and, indeed, pride, when I see the twenty volumes of The Complete Works and the facsimile of the manuscript �...
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‘The rat,’ said O’Brien, still addressing his invisible audience, ‘although a rodent is carnivorous. You are aware of that. You will have heard of the things that happen in the poor quar...
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