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Diaries

George Orwell was an inveterate keeper of diaries. Eleven diaries are presented here covering the period 1931-1949 from his early years as a writer up to his last literary notebook.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Orwell, George, 1903-1950
Other Authors:	Davison, Peter Hobley
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Liveright Pub. Corp., 2012.
Edition:	1st American ed.
Subjects:	Orwell, George, > 1903-1950 > Diaries.
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Summary:	George Orwell was an inveterate keeper of diaries. Eleven diaries are presented here covering the period 1931-1949 from his early years as a writer up to his last literary notebook.
Physical Description:	xxi, 597 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780871404107 (hardcover) 0871404109 (hardcover)
Author Notes:	George Orwell was born Eric Arthur Blair on June 25, 1903 in Motihari in Bengal, India and later studied at Eton College for four years. He was an assistant superintendent with the Indian Imperial Police in Burma. He left that position after five years and moved to Paris, where he wrote his first two books: Burmese Days and Down and Out in Paris and London. He then moved to Spain to write but decided to join the United Workers Marxist Party Militia. After being decidedly opposed to communism, he served in the British Home Guard and with the Indian Service of the BBC during World War II. After the war, he wrote for the Observer and was literary editor for the Tribune. His best known works are Animal Farm and 1984. His other works include A Clergyman's Daughter, Keep the Aspidistra Flying, The Road to Wigan Pier, Homage to Catalonia, and Coming Up for Air. He died on January 21, 1950 at the age of 46. (Bowker Author Biography)