George Orwell
Bowker, Gordon2004
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Gordon Bowker's biography, written to coincide with Orwell's centenary, includes material which brings the writer's life into unfamiliar focus. He reveals details of Orwell's early childhood and Eton upbringing, his time in Burma and the success before his death of 'Animal Farm' and 'Nineteen Eighty-Four'.
Main title:
George Orwell / Gordon Bowker.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Abacus, 2004.
Collation:
xvi, 495 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., facsims., ports. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: London: Little, Brown, 2003.Includes index.Includes bibliographical references (p. 470-471) and index.
ISBN:
9780349115511 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.912
Language:
English
BRN:
378857