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Winner of the Whitbread Biography Award: A “profoundly moving [and] definitive” portrait of George Orwell, author of 1984 and larger-than-life literary genius (The Daily Telegraph). It was not easy to bury George Orwell. After a lifetime of iconoclasm, during which he professed no interest in religion and no affiliation with any church, he asked to be buried in an Anglican churchyard—but none would have him. Orwell’s friends fought for him to have a proper grave, however, and the author of 1984, Animal Farm, and Homage to Catalonia, among other brilliant works of prose, poetry, and journalism, was laid to rest in a quiet country cemetery. Almost immediately, his legacy was in dispute. Orwell did not want any biographies written of him, but that has not stopped scholars from trying. Of all those published since the author’s death in 1950, D. J. Taylor’s prize-winning book is considered the most definitive. Born in India, Orwell spent his forty-six years of life traveling the British Empire and confronting the world head on. From the trenches of Spain to the top of bestseller lists, Taylor presents Orwell fully—as a writer, social critic, and human being. Read more
Product Information
ASIN | B00Z8POMK6 |
Publisher | Open Road Media |
Accessibility | Learn more |
Publication date | July 28, 2015 |
Language | English |
File size | 3.6 MB |
Screen Reader | Supported |
Enhanced typesetting | Enabled |
X-Ray | Not Enabled |
Word Wise | Enabled |
Print length | 685 pages |
ISBN-13 | 978-1504015196 |
Page Flip | Enabled |
Best Sellers Rank | #426,049 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store) #549 in Historical British Biographies #644 in Biographies of Political Leaders #681 in History of United Kingdom |
Customer Reviews | 4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 76 ratings |