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The life of George Orwell was packed with activities and experiences. Because many of them are consciously used, and reflected, in his works, literary critics make much reference to his life and opinions. Yet his life history is very complex, even to contradiction, and often obscure: so if some of his writings are to some extent autobiographical, or if they seem to voice his own views on politics and on art, any criticism which relates his works to his life must proceed with care.
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I have made full use of B. Crick, George Orwell: A Life (London: Secker & Warburg, 1980; 2nd edn., 1992).
See also M. Sheldon, Orwell: The Authorised Biography (London, Heinneman, 1991)
P. Stansky and W. Abrahams, The Unknown Orwell (London: Constable, 1972)
J. Buddicom, Eric and Us: A Remembrance of George Orwell (London: Frewin, 1974).
George Woodcock, The Crystal Spirit (London: Jonathan Cape, 1967)
W. J. West, The Larger Evils (Edinburgh: Canongate Press, 1992)
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Fowler, R. (1995). Orwell’s Life and Career. In: The Language of George Orwell. The Language of Literature. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-24210-8_1
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