The Unknown Orwell and Orwell: The Transformation: The Transformation

Stansky, Peter; Abrahams, William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0804723427 ISBN 13: 9780804723428

Publisher: Stanford University Press, 1994

For the first time, these two essential books on George Orwell have been brought together under one cover. The Unknown Orwell describes the first thirty years of Orwell's life-his childhood, the years at Eton and in Burma, and the struggles to become a writer. Orwell: The Transformation carries us forward into the crucial years 1933 to 1937 in which Eric Blair, minor novelist, became George Orwell, a powerful writer with a view, a mission, and a message.

Synopsis:

For the first time, these two essential books on George Orwell have been brought together under one cover. The Unknown Orwell describes the first thirty years of Orwell's life--his childhood, the years at Eton and in Burma, the struggles to become a writer--that Orwell himself deliberately obscured. Orwell: The Transformation carries us forward into the crucial years 1933 to 1937 in which Eric Blair, minor novelist, became George Orwell, a powerful writer with a view, a mission, and a message--a transformation largely triggered by his deep engagement with the Spanish civil war.