Notice of Public Meeting: Kalamazoo Public Library Board of Trustees | April 29th| 6 pm | Central Library/Van Deusen Room. The packet of information for the meeting can be found on the library’s website. 

Our website will be offline temporarily for scheduled maintenance beginning at 10pm on Sunday, April 28th.

NOTICE: The Eastwood Branch will be closed on April 29th & 30th for maintenance needs. 

Book

1 of 1 Copy Available

  • CENTRAL: Second Floor
Log In to Place HoldAdd Author AlertMore Details

A life in letters

Call Number

  • 921 O79.1 (CEN)

Browse similar titles by call number

Edition

First American edition.

Publication Information

New York, NY : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, 2013.

Physical Description

xviii, 542 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Summary

A compilation of personal letters creates an autobiography of the author of "Nineteen Eighty-Four" through his correspondence with other literary luminaries, including T.S. Eliot and Henry Miller, as well as letters to complete strangers.

Contents

  • 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.

Subjects

Share: Facebook Twitter