Orwell: The Life - Hardcover

Taylor, D. J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0805074732 ISBN 13: 9780805074734

Publisher: Henry Holt & Co, 2003

Synopsis

A powerful new biography of the great twentieth-century writer chronicles George Orwell's life-changing service to the British crown in India, the literary world he inhabited, his experiences in the Spanish Civil War, his stunning literary works, and much, much more. 17,500 first printing.

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Review:

"Taylor wins the biographical contest...[He] is an accomplished literary critic and he illuminates Orwell's work in the context of his life elegantly and expertly" (Guardian)

"Taylor's book has the unmistakable depth of flavour that comes from long, slow, careful cooking-pithy and fascinating" (Jan Dalley Financial Times)

"Taylor writes with such skill and aplomb that it's impossible not to be swept along by the intelligence and observations" (Independent on Sunday)

"Taylor's biography is a persuasive and profoundly moving exploration of the ways in which Orwell's work was constructed from the stones of a ruined life-[it] is likely to prove in many ways definitive" (Daily Telegraph)

"Fetchingly original...Taylor's [biography] is pacy socio-journalism" (Ian Thomson Scotland on Sunday)

From the Publisher:

Revealing and moving, the major biography we have all been waiting for - by eminent critic, biographer and novelist, published to coincide with the centenary of Orwell's birth.

About this edition

• Publisher: Henry Holt & Co
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0805074732
• ISBN 13: 9780805074734
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 480