George Orwell: A Life
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Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
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Behind the immortal prose of Nineteen Eighty-Four and Animal Farm stood a man of fierce contradictions — a former imperial policeman turned democratic socialist, a chronic invalid who sought out poverty and war, a writer who burned with moral clarity even as his own life smouldered with struggle. Bernard Crick's George Orwell: A Life presents the definitive account of Eric Arthur Blair, the man who became George Orwell, tracing his journey from the colonial backwaters of Burma through the coal mines of Wigan, the trenches of the Spanish Civil War, and the cold, wind-battered shores of Jura where his masterwork was conceived. Hailed by Julian Symons in the Sunday Times as the definitive biography, Crick's meticulous and authoritative work illuminates not merely the biographical facts of Orwell's life but the intellectual and political fires that forged one of the twentieth century's most indispensable literary voices. Crick — himself a distinguished political scientist — brings a rare analytical rigour to his subject, unpacking Orwell's complex relationship with class, empire, truth, and power with both scholarly precision and narrative flair. For anyone who has ever been moved, unsettled, or galvanised by Orwell's writing, this biography compels a startling question: how much of the legend was the man, and how much of the man became the legend?
Author: Bernard Crick
Format: Paperback
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Behind the immortal prose of Nineteen Eighty-Four and Animal Farm stood a man of fierce contradictions — a former imperial policeman turned democratic socialist, a chronic invalid who sought out poverty and war, a writer who burned with moral clarity even as his own life smouldered with struggle. Bernard Crick's George Orwell: A Life presents the definitive account of Eric Arthur Blair, the man who became George Orwell, tracing his journey from the colonial backwaters of Burma through the coal mines of Wigan, the trenches of the Spanish Civil War, and the cold, wind-battered shores of Jura where his masterwork was conceived. Hailed by Julian Symons in the Sunday Times as the definitive biography, Crick's meticulous and authoritative work illuminates not merely the biographical facts of Orwell's life but the intellectual and political fires that forged one of the twentieth century's most indispensable literary voices. Crick — himself a distinguished political scientist — brings a rare analytical rigour to his subject, unpacking Orwell's complex relationship with class, empire, truth, and power with both scholarly precision and narrative flair. For anyone who has ever been moved, unsettled, or galvanised by Orwell's writing, this biography compels a startling question: how much of the legend was the man, and how much of the man became the legend?