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George Orwell (390)
First-hand experiences
in London social experiment
he directly experienced poverty
in Paris
experiences among the poor
(
in comparison with London
)
+ experience in the colonial service
1936 <3 Eileen shared interests in literature and socialism
12/1936 Spain
Spanish Civil War
POUM (Workers' Party of Marxist Unification)
Aragon front
back to UK adopted Richard + he bronchits & pneumonia + she dies in 1945
Early Life
Eric Blair, India 1903 son of a minor colonial official
to England to be educated
develop
independent-minded personality + indifference to accepted values + atheism + socialism
in 1927 he went on leave and decided not to return
break away from UK imperialism in India
escape from every form of man's dominion over man
An influential voice of the 20th century
started WW2, he moved to London + joined BBC
he was an influential socialist weekly + internationally known and financially secure
died of tuberculosis in 1950
pseudonym
name= Englishness surname= river
NO privacy + punishments + pressure