George Orwell: A Life in Letters

Appearing for the first time in one volume, these trenchant letters tell the eloquent narrative of Orwell’s life in his own words.
From his school days to his tragic early death, George Orwell, who never wrote an autobiography, chronicled the dramatic events of his turbulent life in a profusion of powerful letters. Indeed, one of the twentieth century’s most revered icons was a lively, prolific correspondent who developed in rich, nuanced dispatches the ideas that would influence generatio…