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Essays, journals, letters & other prose works. George Orwell was an inveterate keeper of diaries. "The Orwell Diaries" presents eleven of them, covering the period 1931-1949, and follows Orwell from his early years as a writer to his last literary notebook. An entry from 1931 tells of...
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Essays, journals, letters & other prose works. George Orwell was an inveterate keeper of diaries. "The Orwell Diaries" presents eleven of them, covering the period 1931-1949, and follows Orwell from his early years as a writer to his last literary notebook. An entry from 1931 tells of a communal shave in the Trafalgar Square fountains, while notes from his travels through industrial England show the development of the impassioned social commentator. This same acute power of observation is evident in his diaries from Morocco, as well as at home, where his domestic diaries chart the progress of his garden and animals with a keen eye; the wartime diaries, from descriptions of events overseas to the daily violence closer to home, describe astutely his perspective on the politics of both, and provide a new and entirely refreshing insight into Orwell's character and his great works. |
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"Covering the period 1931-1949, and follows Orwell from his early years as a writer to this last literary notebook"--Back cover. First published by Harvill Secker 2009. |
| Carrier Form: | xiii, 531 p. : ill., maps. ; 20 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 508-509) and index. |
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9780141191546 (pbk) : 0141191546 (pbk) |
| Index Number: | PR6029 |
| CLC: | K835.615.6 |
| Call Number: | K835.615.6/O79-1 |
| Contents: | Hop-picking diary, August 25,1931-October 8, 1931 -- The road to Wigan Pier diary, January 31, 1936-March 15, 1936 -- Domestic diary volume I, August 9, 1938-March 28, 1939, intercalated with Morocco diary, September 7, 1938-March 28, 1939 ; Marrakech notebook ; Domestic diary volume 1, continued, April 10,1939-May 26, 1939 -- Domestic diary volume II, May 27, 1939-August 31, 1939, intercalated with Diary of events leading up to the war, July 2, 1939-September 3, 1939 ; Domestic diary volume II, continued, September 5, 1939-April 29, 1940 -- War-time diary, May 28, 1940-August 28, 1941 -- Second war-time diary, March 14, 1942-November 15, 1942 -- The Jura diaries: Domestic diary volume III, May 7, 1946-January 5, 1947 ; Domestic diary volume IV, April 12, 1947-September 11, 1947 ; Domestic diary volume V, September 12, 1947-October 29, 1947 ; Summary of Avril's entries, December 27,1947-May 10, 1948 -- Relevant entries from Orwell's notebooks, c. February 20, 1948-May 21, 1948 -- Domestic diary volume V, July 31, 1948-December 24, 1948 -- Relevant entries from last literary notebook, March 21, 1949-September 1949. |