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George Orwell was born 28 June 1903, real name was Eric Arthur
Blair, was not a prolific author but hugely influential both then and now. He is
best known for 1984 and Animal Farm which are regarded as seminal
works and highly sought after by collectors of first editions. Orwell was
educated at Eton before serving in the Indian Imperial Police. A surprising move
and one he admitted knowing to be a mistake even as he sailed to Burma, non the
less he served for 5 years before returning to England to pursue a literary
career. He famously enlisted in the militia when the Spanish War broke out to
fight against Franco, his experiences gave rise to his book Homage to Catalonia.
During the writing of 1984 Orwell was taken ill with TB and hospitalized.
He made a partial recovery and, ignoring medical advice returned to finish the
manuscript, it was published and sold 25,000 copies in 3 months, some 6 months
after publication he died of a haemorrhage.
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The Fiction of George Orwell
| Title |
|
Date |
Notes |
| Burmese Days |
Gollancz |
1935 |
2,500 copies |
| A Clergyman's Daughter |
Gollancz |
1935 |
2,000 copies |
| Keep the Aspidistra Flying |
Gollancz |
1936 |
3,000 copies |
| Coming up for Air |
Gollancz |
1939 |
2,000 copies |
| Animal Farm |
Secker |
1945 |
4,500 copies |
| Nineteen Eighty Four - 1984 |
Secker |
1949 |
25,000 copies. Red and Green jackets exist, no
priority established |
The Non Fiction of George Orwell
| Title |
|
Date |
Notes |
| Down and Out in Paris |
Gollancz |
1933 |
1,500 copies |
| Road to Wigan Pier |
Left Book Club |
1937 |
43,500 copies |
| Homage to Catalonia |
Secker |
1938 |
1,500 copies |
| Inside the Whale |
Gollancz |
1940 |
1,00 copies |
| Lion and the Unicorn |
Secker |
1941 |
7,500 copies |
| The English People |
Collins |
1947 |
26,000 copies |
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