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George Orwell : Battling Big Brother.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Oxford Portraits SeriesPublisher: Cary : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2000Copyright date: ©2000Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (113 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780198028406
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: George OrwellDDC classification:
  • 828/.91209 B
LOC classification:
  • PR6029.R8 .A338 2000
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- CONTENTS -- 1 BEGINNINGS -- 2 HOW THE POOR LIVE -- 3 IN THE TRENCHES -- 4 FROM THE BLITZ TO THE BBC -- Orwell and the English Language -- "As I Please" -- 5 BECOMING A LEGEND -- Animal Farm -- Letter to Gwen O'Shaughnessy -- 6 ORWELL'S LEGACIES -- CHRONOLOGY -- FURTHER READING -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y.
Summary: Tanya Agathocleous's concise biography is enhanced by sidebars and picture captions which include numerous excerpts from Orwell's journalistic and literary writings. A final chapter explores Orwell's cultural legacy--his lasting contributions to freedom of thought throughout the world.
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Intro -- CONTENTS -- 1 BEGINNINGS -- 2 HOW THE POOR LIVE -- 3 IN THE TRENCHES -- 4 FROM THE BLITZ TO THE BBC -- Orwell and the English Language -- "As I Please" -- 5 BECOMING A LEGEND -- Animal Farm -- Letter to Gwen O'Shaughnessy -- 6 ORWELL'S LEGACIES -- CHRONOLOGY -- FURTHER READING -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y.

Tanya Agathocleous's concise biography is enhanced by sidebars and picture captions which include numerous excerpts from Orwell's journalistic and literary writings. A final chapter explores Orwell's cultural legacy--his lasting contributions to freedom of thought throughout the world.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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