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Cover Title Page Contents About the Book About the Author Works by George Orwell General Introduction Editorial Note to the Second Edition A Note on the Editing Bibliography and List of References A Kind of Compulsion (1903–1936)

Contents About the Book Introduction 1911–1916

1: St Cyprian’s: preliminary note 2: Letter to his mother, 14 September 1911 2A: Letter to his mother, 1 October [1911] 3: Letter to his mother, 8 October 1911 3A: Letter to his mother, 15 October 1911 4: Letter to his mother, 5 November 1911 5: Letter to his mother, 12 November [1911] 6: Letter to his mother, [November 1911?] 7: Letter to his mother, [November, 1911?] 8: Letter to his mother, 2 December [1911] 9: Letter to his mother, 4 February 1912 10: Letter to his mother, 11 February 1912 11: Letter to his mother, 18 February 1912 11A: Letter to his mother, 25 February 1912 12: Letter to his mother, 3 March 1912 13: Letter to his mother, 10 March 1912 14: Letter to his mother, 17 March 1912 14A: Letter to his mother, [possibly 24 March 1912] 15: Letter to his mother, 12 May 1912 16: Letter to his mother, 2 June 1912 17: Letter to his mother, 23 June 1912 18: Letter to his mother, 30 June 1912 19: Letter to his mother, 21 July 1912 20: Letter to his mother, 17 November 1912 21: Letter to his mother, 1 December [1912] 22: Letter to his mother, 8 December [1912] 23: Poem: ‘Awake! Young Men of England’, 2 October 1914 24: Poem: ‘Kitchener’, 21 July 1916 25: Criticism of Connolly’s Poem, ‘Kitchener’, [c. 10–16 July 1916] 26: Letter to his mother, [mid-July 1916?]

1916–1921

27: Short story: ‘The Vernon Murders’, [1916–1918?] 28: Play (incomplete): ‘The Man and the Maid’, [1916–1918?] 29: The Election Times, no 4, 3 June 1918: preliminary note 30: Short story: ‘The Slack-bob’, 3 June 1918 31: Short Story: ‘The Adventure of the Lost Meat-card’, 3 June 1918 32: Short story: ‘A Peep into the Future’, 3 June 1918 33: Poem: ‘The Pagan’, [Autumn 1918] 34: Poem: ‘Our minds are married but we are too young’, [Christmas 1918] 35: Verse: ‘Then up waddled Wog’, [c. 1919] 36: Inscription: ‘E. A. Blair K. S.’ [c. 1919] 37: College Days, 1919–1920: preliminary note 38: Poem: ‘To A. R. H. B.’, 27 June 1919 39: ‘Things We Do Not Want to Know’, 29 November 1919 40: Poem: ‘Wall Game’, 29 November 1919 41: Short story: ‘Eton Masters’ Strike’, 29 November 1919 42: Short story: ‘The White Man’s Burden’ (probably illustrated by Bobbie Longden), 29 November 1919 43: Mock advertisement, 1 April 1920 44: Poem: ‘After Twelve’, 1 April 1920 45: Poem: ‘Ode to Field Days’, 1 April 1920 46: Short story: ‘A Summer Idyll’, 1 April 1920 46A: Inscription in Copy of Misalliance, June 1920 47: Short story: ‘Mr Simpson and the Supernatural’, 4 June 1920 48: Letter to Laura Buddicom, 27 June 1920 49: Dramatic sketch: ‘Free-will’, 9 July 1920 50: Poem: ‘The Photographer’, 9 July 1920 51: Poem: ‘The Wounded Cricketer’, 9 July 1920 52: Monologue: ‘Is There Any Truth in Spiritualism?’, 9 July 1920 53: Short story: ‘The Cricket Enthusiast’, 9 July 1920 54: Short story: ‘The Millionaire’s Pearl’, 9 July 1920 55: Poem (extract): ‘The Youthful Mariner’, 9 July 1920 56: Letter to Steven Runciman, August 1920 57: Letter to Prosper Buddicom, 28 [December 1920] 58: Letter to Prosper Buddicom, [10 January 1921] 59: Letter to Prosper Buddicom, 19 January 1921 60: Letter to Cyril Connolly (extract), Easter 1921 61: Short story, ‘Mr Puffin and the Missing Matches’, [c. 1919–22] 62: Poem: ‘Friendship and love’, Summer 1921

1922–1927

63: Burma, 1922–27: preliminary note 64: Poem: ‘Dear Friend: allow me for a little while’, [1922–27?] 65: Poem: ‘Romance’, [1922–27?] 66: Draft of poem: ‘When the Franks have lost their sway’, [1922–27?] 67: Poem: ‘My love & I walked in the dark’, [1922–27?] 68: Verse: ‘Suggested by a Toothpaste Advertisement’, [1922–27?] 69: Poem: ‘The Lesser Evil’, [1922–27?] 70: Preliminaries to Burmese Days: preliminary note 71: John Flory: My Epitaph, [1926–30?] 72: Extract: My Autobiography, [1926–30?] 73: Extract: ‘The Autobiography of John Flory’, [1926–30?] 74: Short story: An Incident in Rangoon, [1926–30?] 75: Extract, A Rebuke to the Author, John Flory, [1926–30?] 76: Scenario and Dialogues from an untitled play, [c. 1927–28]

1928–1929

77: Paris, 1928–1929: preliminary note 78: ‘A Short Story: This never happened to me . . .’, [c. 1928–29?] 79: Article: ‘Censorship in England’, 6 October 1928 (French original: 89) 80: Article: ‘A Farthing Newspaper’, 29 December 1928 81: ‘An Inquiry into “Civic Progress” in England: The Plight of the British Workers’: preliminary note 82: Article: ‘Unemployment’, 29 December 1928 (French original: 90) 83: Article: ‘A Day in the Life of a Tramp’, 5 January 1929 (French original: 91) 84: Article: ‘Beggars in London’, 12 January 1929 (French original: 92) 85: Article: ‘John Galsworthy’, 23 March 1929. (French original: 93) 86: Article: ‘How a Nation is Exploited: The British Empire in Burma’, 4 May 1929 (French original: 94) 87: Letter to the Editor of The New Adelphi, 22 September 1929 88: Postcard to the Editor of The New Adelphi, [12 December 1929] 89: Article: ‘La Censure en Angleterre’, 6 October 1928 (English translation: 79) 90: Article: ‘Le chômage’, 29 December 1928 (English translation: 82) 91: Article: ‘La journée d’un “tramp”’, 5 January 1929 (English translation: 83) 92: Article: ‘Les mendiants de Londres’, 12 January 1929 (English translation: 84) 93: Article: ‘John Galsworthy’, 23 March 1929 (English translation: 85) 94: Article: ‘Comment on exploite un peuple: L’Empire britannique en Birmanie’, 4 May 1929 (English translation: 86)

1930

95: The (New) Adelphi: preliminary note 96: Review: Lewis Mumford, Herman Melville, March–May 1930 97: Review: Edith Sitwell, Alexander Pope; Sherard Vines, The Course of English Classicism, June–August 1930 98: Review: J. B. Priestley, Angel Pavement, October 1930 99: Letter to Max Plowman, 24 October 1930 100: Letter to Max Plowman, 1 November 1930 101: Review: Karl Bartz, The Horrors of Cayenne, December 1930

1931

102: Lettercard to Max Plowman, [12 January 1931] 103: Review: Osbert Burdett, The Two Carlyles, March 1931 104: Essay: ‘The Spike’, April 1931 105: Review: Lionel Britton, Hunger and Love; F. O. Mann, Albert Grope, April 1931 106: Review: Pearl S. Buck, The Good Earth, June 1931 107: Letter to Brenda Salkeld, [July 1931] 108: Essay: ‘A Hanging’, August 1931 109: Letter to Dennis Collings, 16 August 1931 110: Letter to Dennis Collings, [27 August 1931] 111: Diary: Hop-Picking, 25 August-19 September 1931 112: Letter to Dennis Collings, 4 September 1931 113: Diary: Hop-Picking, 19 September-8 October 1931 114: Letter to Dennis Collings, [12 October 1931] 115: From a letter to Brenda Salkeld, [October 1931?] 116: Essay: ‘Hop-Picking’, 17 October 1931 117: Letter to T. S. Eliot, 30 October 1931 118: Letter to Brenda Salkeld, [October 1931] 119: Letter to T. S. Eliot, 4 November 1931 120: Letter to Christy & Moore [Leonard Moore], [November–December 1931]

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1935

1936

Appendix 1

344: French Text of Introduction to La Vache Enragée (English translation 211)

Appendix 2

345: Notes for The Road to Wigan Pier: preliminary note 346: Notes for The Road to Wigan Pier: Wigan 347: Notes for The Road to Wigan Pier: Barnsley 348: Pay Slips for Two-Man Team, Woolley Collieries 349: Ellis Firth’s Weekly Budget 350: Notes for The Road to Wigan Pier: Sheffield 351: Statistical Information Provided by Medical Officer of Health, Sheffield 352: Report on Out-Door Relief, Sheffield 353: Unemployment Assistance Board Award Forms 354: Figures from The Coal Scuttle, by Joseph Jones, 1936 355: Figures from the Colliery Year Book & Coal Trades Directory, 1935

Notes Chronology Acknowledgements and Provenances

Facing Unpleasant Facts (1937–1939)

Contents About the Book Introduction 1937

355A. Jennie Lee on Orwell’s Arrival in Barcelona 356. Letter from Eileen Blair to Miss Perriam, 17 January 1937 357. Draft Contract with Victor Gollancz Ltd, [early January 1937?] 358. Letter from Eileen Blair to Leonard Moore, 31 January 1937 359. Letter to James Hanley, [c. 10 February 1937] 360. British Author With the Militia (Bulletin of the POUM), 3 February 1937 361. Letter from Eileen Blair to Leonard Moore, 11 February 1937 362. Publication of The Road to Wigan Pier: editorial note 363. Letter from Eileen Blair to her mother, 22 March 1937 364. Letter to Eileen Blair, [5? April 1937] 365. Letter from Eileen Blair to Leonard Moore, 12 April 1937 366. Article: “Night Attack on the Aragon Front”, 30 April 1937 367. Letter from Eileen Blair to Dr Laurence O’Shaughnessy, 1 May 1937 368. Letter to Victor Gollancz, 9 May 1937 369. Orwell’s Wound and Eileen’s telegram to his parents, 20 and 24 May 1937; with George Kopp’s report, 10 June 1937. 370. Letter to Mr Thompson, 8 June 1937 371. Letter to Cyril Connolly, 8 June 1937 371A. Reprint of Section of The Road to Wigan Pier 372. Letter to Frederick Bardford, 10 June 1937 373. Letter from Eileen Blair to Dr Laurence O’Shaughnessy, [c. 10 June 1937] 374. Letter from B. C. Rake to Orwell, 21 June 1937 374A. Escape from Spain, 23 June 1937; with Deposition for Espionage and High Treason, 13 July 1937, and editorial afterword 375. Letter to Leonard Moore, 8 July 1937 375A. Minute 29, ILP Administrative Council (signed 13 November 1937) 376. Letter to John Lehmann, 8 July 1937 377. Letter to Leonard Moore, 17 July 1937 378. Article: ‘Spilling the Spanish Beans’, 29 July and 2 September 1937 378A. Letter from Eileen Blair to John McNair, 29 July 1937, with George Kopp’s letters to Dr Laurence O’Shaughnessy and to the Chief of Police, Barcelona, 7 July 1937; and to Eileen Blair, 8 July 1937 379. Review: Franz Borkenau, The Spanish Cockpit; John Sommerfield, Volunteer in Spain, 31 July 1937 380. Letter to Leonard Moore, 31 July 1937 381. Letter to Rayner Heppenstall, 31 July 1937 382. Article: ‘Eye-Witness in Barcelona’, 11 August 1937 383. Abstracts of Reports on the Spanish Civil War in the Daily Worker and News Chronicle: editorial note; and see 519 384. Letter to Miss Charlesworth, 1 August 1937 385. ILP Conference, 1–13 August 1937: editorial note 386. Letter to Charles Doran, 2 August 1937 386A. Unpublished Response to Authors Take Sides on the Spanish War, 3–6 August 1937 387. Letter to Geoffrey Gorer, 16 August 1937 388. Letter to Leonard Moore, 19 August 1937 389. Letter to Yvonne Davet, 19 August 1937 390. Letter to Victor Gollancz, 20 August 1937 391. Letter to Leonard Moore, 27 August 1937 392. Review: Brigadier-General F. P. Crozier, The Men I Killed, 28 August 1937 393. Letter to Miss Charlesworth, 30 August 1937 394. Excise Duty Notice. 395. Letter to Leonard Moore, 1 September 1937 396. Review: Ella K. Maillart, Forbidden Journey, 4 September 1937 397. Letter to Geoffrey Gorer, 15 September 1937 398. Letter to the Editor, Manchester Guardian, 22 September 1937 399. Statement: That Mysterious Cart; Reply to F. A. Frankfort, 24 September 1937 400. Review: Sir Eric Teichman, Journey to Turkistan, 25 September 1937 401. Review: Mary Low and Juan Brea, Red Spanish Notebook; R. Timmermans, Heroes of the Alcazar; Martin Armstrong, Spanish Circus, 9 October 1937 402. Letter to Cyril Connolly, 12 October 1937 403. Letter to Yvonne Davet, 14 October 1937 404. Review: The Booster (September 1937), 21 October 1937 405. Letter to Jack Common, [October? 1937] 406. Review: James Hanley, Broken Water; Beirne Lay, I Wanted Wings, 6 November 1937 407. Letter to Yvonne Davet, 14 November 1937 408. Letter from George Barber to Orwell, 20 November 1937 409. Review: Wal Hannington, The Problem of the Distressed Areas; James Hanley, Grey Children; Neil Stewart, The Fight for the Charter, 27 November 1937 410. Letter to Cyril Connolly, [28 November 1937] 411. Lettercard to Cyril Connolly, [1 December 1937] 412. Letter to Leonard Moore, 6 December 1937 413. Letter to Yvonne Davet, 6 December 1937 413A. Letter to H. N. Brailsford, 10 December 1937: see Vol XX, p. 309 414. Review: Mairin Mitchell, Storm Over Spain; Arnold Lunn, Spanish Rehearsal; E. Allison Peers, Catalonia Infelix; José Castilejo, Wars of Ideas in Spain; José Ortega y Gasset, Invertebrate Spain, 11 December 1937 414A. Peace Pledge Union, 12 December 1937 414B. Letter to H.N. Brailsford, 18 December 1937 415. Article: ‘The Lure of Profundity’, 30 December 1937

1938

1939

Notes Chronology Acknowledgements and Provenances

A Patriot After All (1940–1941)

Contents About the Book Introduction 1940

583. Letter to Victor Gollancz, 8 January 1940 584. Letter to Leonard Moore, 8 January 1940 585. Letter to Geoffrey Gorer, 10 January 1940 586. Review: S. Casado, The Last Days of Madrid; T. C. Worsley, Behind the Battle, 20 January 1940 587. Letter to Leonard Moore, 25 January 1940 588. Inside the Whale: Notes for Libel Lawyer, 28 January 1940 589. Review: Ruth Pitter, The Spirit Watches, February 1940 590. Review: Ludwig Renn, Warfare; Brigadier-General E. L. Spears, Prelude to Victory, February 1940 591. Talk to Women of Today, 2 February 1940 592. Review: Godfrey Lias, Beneš of Czechoslovakia; Frank Owen, The Three Dictators, 17 February 1940 593. Letter to Stephen Spender, [Late February 1940?] 594. Review: Tom Harrisson and Charles Madge (Editors), War Begins At Home, 2 March 1940 595. Letter to David H. Thompson, 8 March 1940 596. Publication of Inside the Whale: Editorial Note 597. Essay: ‘Charles Dickens’, 11 March 1940 598. Essay: ‘Boys’ Weeklies’, 11 March 1940 599. Frank Richards Replies to George Orwell, May 1940 600. Essay: ‘Inside the Whale’, 11 March 1940 601. Letter to Leonard Moore, 15 March 1940 602. Review: Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf, 21 March 1940 603. Review: Memoirs of Sergeant Bourgogne, 1812–1813, 29 March 1940 604. Article: ‘Notes on the Way’, 30 March and 6 April 1940 605. Projected Essay: ‘New Words’, February–April 1940? 606. Review: Lieut.-Col. J. O. Hannula, Finland’s War of Independence; Sir George Aston, Secret Service, April 1940 607. Letter to Geoffrey Gorer, 3 April 1940 608. Letter to Rayner Heppenstall, 11 April 1940 609. Letter to Humphry House, 11 April 1940 610. Review: L. A. G. Strong, Sun on the Water; Kay Boyle, The Crazy Hunter; Stephen Longstreet, Decade; James McConnaughey, Stephen Ayers; Francis Griswold, A Sea Island Lady, 12 April 1940 611. Review: Julian Green, Personal Record 1928–1939, 13 April 1940 612. Letter to Rayner Heppenstall, 16 April 1940 613. Letter to Stanley J. Kunitz and Howard Haycraft, 17 April 1940 614. Review: Edward Shanks, Rudyard Kipling, 25 April 1940 615. Review: Malcolm Muggeridge, The Thirties, 25 April 1940 616. Review: Richard Wright, Native Son; B. Traven, The Bridge in the Jungle; B. Traven, The Death Ship; Fred Urquhart, I Fell for a Sailor; Philip Jordan, say that She were Gone; Lion Feuchtwanger, Paris Gazette; Geoffrey Trease, Only Natural, 26 April 1940 617. Review: My Life: The Autobiography of Havelock Ellis, May 1940 618. Letter to Geoffrey Trease, 1 May 1940 619. Note [To Rayner Heppenstall or John Lehmann?], [May 1940?] 620. Review: F. Borkenau, The Totalitarian Enemy, 4 May 1940 621. Letter to Leonard Moore, 7 May 1940 622. Letter to Field Security Centre, Whitehall, 11 May 1940: Editorial Note 623. Review: Folios of New Writing (Spring 1940), 16 May 1940 624. Drama Review: Bernard Shaw, In Good King Charles’s Golden Days, 18 May 1940 625. Review: Stephen Spender, The Backward Son; Thomas Mann, Royal Highness; Hans Fallada, Iron Gustav; Maurice Hindus, Sons and Fathers; Arthur Calder-Marshall, The Way to Santiago; Ben Hecht, A Book of Miracles; Sinclair Lewis, Bethel Merriday, 24 May 1940 626. Drama Reviews: Jean Cocteau, Les Parents Terribles; Garrison Theatre, 25 May 1940 627. Report on Talk on Dickens at Dickens Fellowship Conference, 25 May 1940 628. War-Time Diary, 28–31 May 1940 629. Review: Jim Phelan, Jail Journey 630. Review: Henry Treece, The New Apocalypse, June 1940 631. Drama Review: Swinging the Gate, 1 June 1940 632. War-Time Diary, 1–6 June 1940 633. Review: Indian Writing (Vol. 1), 6 June 1940 634. War-Time Diary, 7 June 1940 635. Review: C. E. M. Joad, Journey Through the War Mind; Anthony Weymouth, A Psychologist’s Wartime Diary; Hector Bolitho, America Expects, 8 June 1940 636. Drama Reviews: William Shakespeare, The Tempest; Denis Ogden, The Peaceful Inn; Audrey Lucas, Portrait of Helen, 8 June 1940 637. War-Time Diary, 8–14 June 1940 638. Drama Review: Noel Coward, I’ll Leave It to You, 15 June 1940 639. War-Time Diary, 15–20 June 1940 640. Review: Mikhail Lermontov, A Hero of Our Own Times; E. L. Grant Wilson, Priest Island; H. G. Wells, Film Stories, 21 June 1940 641. War-Time Diary, 21 June 1940 642. Letter to the Editor, Time and Tide, 22 June 1940 643. Drama Review: Reginald Beckwith, Boys in Brown, 22 June 1940 644. War-Time Diary, 22–28 June 1940 645. Drama Review: Robert Ardrey, Thunder Rock, 29 June 1940 646. War-Time Diary, 29–30 June 1940 647. Review: Jack Hilton, English Ways, July 1940 648. Review: A. J. Jenkinson, What Do Boys and Girls Read?, July 1940 649. War-Time Diary, 1–3 July 1940 650. Review: Douglas Goldring, Facing the Odds, 5 July 1940 651. War-Time Diary, 5 July 1940 652. Letter to John Lehmann, 6 July 1940 653. Letter to Sir Sacheverell Sitwell, 6 July 1940 654. War-Time Diary, 10 July 1940 655. Review: Jack London, The Iron Heel; H. G. Wells, The Sleeper Wakes; Aldous Huxley, Brave New World; Ernest Bramah, The Secret of the League, 12 July 1940 656. Drama Reviews: Oscar Asche and Frederic Norton, Chu Chin Chow; Margaret Branford, Wages for Wives, 13 July 1940 657. Review: Princess Paul Sapieha, Polish Profile, 13 July 1940 658. Letter to Leonard Moore, 15 July 1940 659. Letter to James Laughlin, 16 July 1940 660. War-Time Diary, 16–25 July 1940 661. Drama Review: Vernon Sylvaine, Women Aren’t Angels, 27 July 1940 662. War-Time Diary, 28 July 1940 663. Drama Review: Bernard Shaw, The Devil’s Disciple, 3 August 1940 664. Review: A. J. Jenkinson, What Do Boys and Girls Read?, 8 August 1940 665. War-Time Diary, 8 August 1940 666. Review: Ilya Ilf and Eugene Petrov, Diamonds to Sit On; Louis Bromfield, Night in Bombay; Eric Knight, Now Pray We for Our Country; Ethel Mannin, Rolling in the Dew; A. G. Street, A Crook in the Furrow; C. J. Cutliffe Hyne, The Adventures of Captain Kettle, The Little Red Captain, Captain Kettle, K. C. B., Further Adventures of Captain Kettle, 9 August 1940 667. War-Time Diary, 9 August 1940 668. Drama Review: Clare Boothe, Margin for Error, 10 August 1940 669. Letter to John Lehmann, [August 1940?] 670. War-Time Diary, 16 August 1940 671. Article: ‘Charles Reade’, 17 August 1940 672. Drama Review: Clifford Odets, Till the Day I Die, 17 August 1940 673. War-Time Diary, 19–20 August 1940 674. Letter to James Laughlin, 21 August 1940 675. War-Time Diary, 22 August 1940 676. Review: Mark Benney, The Big Wheel; Erika Mann, The Lights Go Down; George and Weedon Grossmith, The Diary of a Nobody, 23 August 1940 677. War-Time Diary, 23 August 1940 678. Drama Reviews: Winifred Holtby, Take Back Your Freedom; Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat, The Body was Well Nourished, 24 August 1940 679. Review: Christopher Hill (Editor), The English Revolution: 1640, 24 August 1940 680. War-Time Diary, 26–31 August 1940 681. Review: Sacheverell Sitwell, Poltergeists, September 1940 682. Review: Francis Williams, War by Revolution, September 1940 683. War-Time Diary, 1–3 September 1940 684. Drama Reviews: J. B. Priestley, Cornelius; George Black (Presenter), Applesauce; [Sutton Vane], Outward Bound, 7 September 1940 685. War-Time Diary, 7–12 September 1940 686. Review: Upton Sinclair, World’s End; Phyllis Bottome, Masks and Faces; Sir Paul Dukes, An Epic of the Gestapo, 13 September 1940 687. Review: Emanuel Miller, The Neuroses in War; Edward Glover, Fear and Courage, 14 September 1940 688. Review: T. C. Worsley, Barbarians and Philistines: Democracy and the Public Schools, 14 September 1940 689. War-Time Diary, 14–17 September 1940 690. Review: Robert Graves, Sergeant Lamb of the Ninth; Constance W. Dodge, The Luck of the Maclean; C. S. Forester, The Earthly Paradise; Maurice Bethell Jones, The Wake of the Conquered, 21 September 1940 691. War-Time Diary, 21 September 1940 692. Letter to C. V. Salmon, 24 September 1940 693. War-Time Diary, 24–27 September 1940 694. Essay: ‘My Country Right or Left’, Autumn 1940 695. Film Review: The Doctor Takes a Wife 696. War-Time Diary, 15 October 1940 697. Review: P. G. Wodehouse, Quick Service; Angela Thirkell, Cheerfulness Breaks In; Olga L. Rosmanith, Passenger List; Frank Baker, Miss Hargreaves; Damaris Arklow, Just as I Feared, 19 October 1940 698. War-Time Diary, 19–21 October 1940 699. Letter to Leonard Moore, 22 October 1940 700. Letter to C. V. Salmon, 22 October 1940 701. War-Time Diary, 25 October 1940 702. Review: Hadley Cantril, The Invasion from Mars, 26 October 1940 703. Review: John Masefield, Basilissa; Basil Woon, Eyes West; William Faulkner, The Hamlet, 9 November 1940 704. Draft Introduction: ‘The Proletarian Writer’, c. 12 November 1940 705. Review: Ernest Raymond, A Song of the Tide; A. S. M. Hutchinson, He Looked for a City; Mary Lutyens, Family Colouring; Susan Gillespie, They Went to Karathia, 16 November 1940 706. War-Time Diary, 16 November 1940 707. Film Review: Waterloo Bridge, 23 November 1940 708. War-Time Diary, 23–28 November 1940 709. Film Review: The Lady in Question, 30 November 1940 710. Essay: ‘The Ruling Class’, December 1940 711. Reprint: ‘Shooting an Elephant’, December 1940 712. Review: General Sir Archibald Wavell, Allenby, A Study in Greatness, December 1940 713. War-Time Diary, 1 December 1940 714. Letter to Leonard Moore, 4 December 1940 715. Broadcast Discussion: ‘The Proletarian Writer’, 19 December 1940 716. Review: Nevil Shute, Landfall; Albert Cohen, Nailcruncher; Peter Conway, A Dark Side Also, 7 December 1940 717. Letter from Nevil Shute Norway to Orwell, 12 December 1940 718. Review: L. A. G. Strong, Wrong Foot Foremost; Gunby Hadath, From Pillar to Post; Michael Patrick, Tommy Hawke at School; M. E. Atkinson, Going Gangster; Doris Twinn, The New Carthaginians; A. R. Channel, Phantom Patrol; Aubrey De Selincourt, Family Afloat; E. H. Young, Caravan Island, 7 December 1940 719. Film Review: The Gay Mrs Trexel, 7 December 1940 720. War-Time Diary, 8 December 1940 721. Review: Tom Wintringham, Armies of Freemen, 14 December 1940 722. Film Reviews: I Love You Again!; The Great Dictator (And See 727), 14 December 1940 723. Letter to Leonard Moore, 16 December 1940 724. Letter to Penguin Books, 16 December 1940 725. Article: ‘The Home Guard and You’, 20 December 1940 726. Review: E. Allison Peers, The Spanish Dilemma; Charles Duff, A Key to Victory: Spain, 21 December 1940 727. Film Review: The Great Dictator, 21 December 1940 728. Film Review: A Date with Destiny, 28 December 1940 729. War-Time Diary, 29 December 1940 729A. Appendix 1: Domestic Diary, 1 January to 29 April 1940. 730. Appendix 2: Lecture Notes for Instructing the Home Guard, 1940–42?: Editorial Note 731. Lecture Notes for Instructing the Home Guard: Street Fighting, 1940–41? 732. Lecture Notes for Instructing the Home Guard: Street Fighting – Static Defence, 1940–41? 733. Lecture Notes for Instructing the Home Guard: Notes for Lecture, 1942? 734. Lecture Notes for Instructing the Home Guard: Field Fortifications, 1, 1941–42? 735. Lecture Notes for Instructing the Home Guard: Field Fortifications, 2, 1941–42? 736. Lecture Notes for Instructing the Home Guard: Smoke Mortar, 1941–42?

1941

737. Essay: ‘Our Opportunity’, January 1941 738. War-Time Diary, 2 January 1941 739. London Letters, 1941–1946: Editorial Note 740. London Letter, 3 January 1941 741. Review: Arthur Koestler, Darkness at Noon; John Mair, Never Come Back; W. A. Darlington, Alf’s New Button, 4 January 1941 742. Drama Reviews: William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor, John L. Balderstone and J. C. Squire, Berkeley Square, 4 January 1941 743. Article: ‘Don’t Let Colonel Blimp Ruin the Home Guard’, 8 January 1941 744. Drama Review: Herbert Farjeon (Arranger), Diversion 2, 11 January 1941 745. Film Reviews: They Knew What They Wanted; Spring Parade; Gold Rush Maisie, 11 January 1941 746. Letter From D. C. H. Wells to Orwell, 13 January 1941 747. Review: Kenneth Allott, Jules Verne: A Biography, 18 January 1941 748. Film Reviews: Brigham Young; Spellbound, 18 January 1941 749. War-Time Diary, 22 January 1941 750. Review: H. E. Bates, The Beauty of the Dead; Glyn Jones (Editor), Welsh Short Stories; T. O. Beachcroft, The Parents Left Alone; Kylie Tennant, The Battlers, 25 January 1941 751. Film Review: Escape, 25 January 1941 752. War-Time Diary, 26 January 1941 753. Essay: ‘Fascism and Democracy’, February 1941 754. Drama Reviews: Peter Blackmore, The Blue Goose; J. M. Barrie, Dear Brutus, 1 February 1941 755. Letter to Victor Gollancz, 3 February 1941 756. Summary of Letter From Jim Phelan to Orwell, 4 February 1941 757. Letter to C. V. Salmon, 7 February 1941 758. War-Time Diary, 7 February 1941 759. Film Review: Quiet Wedding, 8 February 1941 760. War-Time Diary, 12 February 1941 761. Review: Hugh Slater, Home Guard for Victory!, 15 February 1941 762. Film Reviews: Dulcy; Eyes of the Navy; The Heart of Britain; Unholy War, 15 February 1941 763. Book: The Lion and the Unicorn: Socialism and the English Genius, 19 February 1941; Editorial Note

Part I: England Your England Part II: Shopkeepers at War Part III: The English Revolution

764. Summary of Letter From John Parker, M. P. to Orwell, 20 February 1941 765. Review: John Llewelyn Rhys, England is My Village; Nina Fedorova, The Family; Dan Wickenden, Walk Like a Mortal; Bruce Marshall, Delilah Upside Down, 22 February 1941 766. Film Reviews: Arise, My Love; Third Finger, Left Hand, 22 February 1941 767. Summary of Letter From Patrick Gordon Walker to Orwell, 24 February 1941 768. Review: Hugh Slater, Home Guard For Victory!, March 1941 769. War-Time Diary, 1 March 1941 770. Contribution to the Betrayal of the Left, 3 March 1941: Editorial Note 771. War-Time Diary, 3–4 March 1941 772. Letter to Denys Kilham Roberts, 12 March 1941 773. War-Time Diary, 14 March 1941 774. Review: Franz Hoellering, The Defenders; Alfred Neumann, The Friends of the People, 15 March 1941 775. Illustrated Article: ‘A Roadman’s Day’, 15 March 1941 776. Letter to Z. A. Bokhari, 17 March 1941 777. War-Time Diary, 20 March 1941 778. Letter to the Editor of the Spectator, 21 March 1941 778A. Letter to Desmond Hawkins, 22 March 1941 779. Letter to Z. A. Bokhari, 23 March 1941 780. War-Time Diary, 23–24 March 1941 781. Summary of Letter to Director of Public Relations, Air Ministry, End March 1941 782. Essay: ‘Will Freedom Die with Capitalism?’, April 1941 783. Letter to Z. A. Bokhari, 6 April 1941 784. War-Time Diary, 7 April 1941 785. Letter to the Reverend Iorwerth Jones, 8 April 1941 786. War-Time Diary, 8–14 April 1941 787. London Letter, 15 April 1941; with Postscript, 15 May 1941 788. War-Time Diary, 15–25 April 1941 789. Film Review: So Ends Our Night, 26 April 1941 790. Letter to Z. A. Bokhari, 26 April 1941 791. War-Time Diary, 28 April 1941 792. Broadcast: Literary Criticism I: ‘The Frontiers of Art and Propaganda’, 30 April 1941 793. Foreword to the End of the ‘Old School Tie’, May 1941 794. War-Time Diary, 2 May 1941 795. Drama Reviews: Black Vanities; Kim Peacock, Under One Roof, 3 May 1941 796. War-Time Diary, 3–6 May 1941 797. Broadcast: Literary Criticism II: ‘Tolstoy and Shakespeare’, 7 May 1941 798. Film Reviews: Little Men; Kitty Foyle; Back Street, 10 May 1941 799. War-Time Diary, 11–13 May 1941 800. Broadcast: Literary Criticism III: ‘The Meaning of a Poem’, 14 May 1941 801. Drama Review: Geoffrey Kerr, Cottage to Let, 17 May 1941 802. Film Review: Kipps, 17 May 1941 803. War-Time Diary, 18 May 1941 804. Broadcast: Literary Criticism IV: ‘Literature and Totalitarianism’, 21 May 1941 805. War-Time Diary, 21 May 1941 805A. Report of Talk: ‘Literature and Totalitarianism’, Oxford University Democratic Socialist Club, 23 May 1941 806. Film Reviews: The Lady Eve; Honeymoon for Three; Tugboat Annie Sails Again, 24 May 1941 807. War-Time Diary, 24–25 May 1941 808. Film Reviews: This England; I Married Adventure, 31 May 1941 809. War-Time Diary, 31 May–3 June 1941 810. Film Review: Escape to Glory, 7 June 1941 811. War-Time Diary, 8 June 1941 812. Drama Review: Emlyn Williams, The Light of Heart, 14 June 1941 813. Film Review: Bitter Sweet, 14 June 1941 814. War-Time Diary, 14 June 1941 815. Broadcast: ‘What’s Wrong with the Modern Short Story?’, 16 June 1941; Editorial Note 816. War-Time Diary, 19 June 1941 817. Letter to Dorothy Plowman, 20 June 1941 818. War-Time Diary, 20 June 1941 819. Film Reviews: Nice Girl?; That Uncertain Feeling; Cheers for Miss Bishop, 21 June 1941 820. War-Time Diary, 22–23 June 1941 821. Review: Arturo Barea, The Forge, 28 June 1941 822. Drama Review: Hommage Aux Alliés 823. Film Review: Atlantic Ferry, 28 June 1941 824. War-Time Diary, 30 June 1941 825. Foreword to the Case For African Freedom, July 1941 826. War-Time Diary, 3 July 1941 827. Summary of Letter From Geoffrey Gorer to Orwell, 5 July 1941 828. Film Reviews: Western Union; Moon Over Burma, 5 July 1941 829. War-Time Diary, 6 July 1941 830. Drama Reviews: Noel Coward, Blithe Spirit; William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew, 12 July 1941 831. Essay: ‘English Writing in Total War’, 14 July 1941 832. Drama Review: William Shakespeare, King John, 19 July 1941 833. Film Reviews: The Devil and Miss Jones; The Flame of New Orleans, 19 July 1941 834. Article: ‘Dear Doktor Goebbels – Your British Friends are Feeding Fine!’, 23 July 1941 835. Review: Sir Firozkhan Noon, India, 24 July 1941 836. Letter to Norman Swallow, [End July 1941?]: Editorial Note 837. Essay: ‘Wells, Hitler and the World State’, August 1941 838. Drama Reviews: Lady Behave; New Ambassadors Revue; This Sceptered Isle, 2 August 1941 839. Drama Review: W. O. Somin, Close Quarters, 9 August 1941 840. Film Review: High Sierra, 9 August 1941 841. Part Read in “The Abolition of Slavery”, Broadcast 11 August 1941 842. Film Reviews: One Night in Lisbon; Jeannie, 16 August 1941 843. London Letter, 17 August 1941

Notes Chronology Acknowledgements and Provenances

All Propaganda is Lies (1941–1942)

Contents About the Book Introduction 1941

844. Orwell’s Contract with the BBC, 18 August 1941 845. BBC Induction Course, 18–30 August 1941 846. BBC Overseas Service 847. BBC Networks and Staffs for Overseas Broadcasts 848. Film Review: South of Suez, 23 August 1941 849. War-Time Diary, 28 August 1941 850. Essay: ‘The Art of Donald McGill’, September 1941 851. ‘Those Seaside Postcards’ (cut version of ‘The Art of Donald McGill’), August 1943 852. Review: Arturo Barea, The Forge, September 1941 853. Letter to Leonard Moore, 13 September 1941 854. Nicholas Moore vs. George Orwell, January-February 1942 855. ‘No, Not One’: review of Alex Comfort’s No Such Liberty, October 1941 856. Manifesto: “Why Not War Writers?”, October 1941 857. Letter to Bhupen Mukerjee, 1 October 1941 858. Letter to P. Chatterjee, 2 October 1941 859. BBC Talks Booking Forms, 2 October 1941: P. B. Seal, 10.10.41; P. Chatterjee, 26.10.41 860. Letter to Bina Ghosh, 3 October 1941 861. Letter to Damyanti Sahni, 3 October 1941 862. Letter to Zahra Taki, 4 October 1941 863. Summary of letter from Hendon Local Labour Party to Orwell, 5 October 1941 864. Letter to Bina Ghosh, 6 October 1941 865. Letter to Chief Clerk, Aylesbury RDC, 8 October 1941 866. Letter to H.J. Umrigar, 8 October 1941 867. TBF, 13 October 1941: M. J. Tambimuttu, 17.10.41 868. Vacation and Sick Leave, 14 October 1941 to 26 October 1943: editorial summary 869. Broadcast: ‘From Colliery to Kitchen’, 21 October 1941: editorial summary 870. Identification of Room 101: editorial note 871. TBF, 24 October 1941: Venu Chitale, 24.10.41 872. Rights to Down and Out in Paris and London and Burmese Days 873. Letter to Shridhar Telkar, 28 October 1941 874. TBF, 30 October 1941: N.°Tambimuttu, 31.10.41 875. Survey: Socialists Answer Left’s Questions on the War, November 1941 876. TBF, 3 November 1941: S. Telkar, 4.11.41 877. TBF, 3 November 1941: H. Umrigar, 27.11.41 878. Letter to S. M. Telkar, 10 November 1941 879. Memorandum to Elsie W. D. Boughen, 11 November 1941 880. Letter to Noel Sircar, 12 November 1941 881. TBF, 15 November 1941: S. M. Telkar, 17.11.41 882. Eastern Service Meeting, 19 November 1941: editorial summary 883. Memorandum to L. F. Rushbrook Williams, [19 November 1941] 884. Victory or Vested Interest?: editorial summary 885. Lecture and essay: ‘Culture and Democracy’, 22 November 1941 886. Letter to M. J. Tambimuttu, 25 November 1941 887. Broadcast by M. Myat Tun: What Trade Unionism Means to the Worker, 25 November 1941: editorial summary 888. TBF, 26 November 1941: P. Chatterjee, 30.11.41 889. Letter to J. Bahadur Singh, 26 November 1941 890. TBF, 26 November 1941: S. M. Telkar, 1.12.41 891. Letter to David Astor, 27 November 1941 892. Newsletters, News Reviews, and News Commentaries: editorial note 893. Weekly News Review, [2?], [29 November 1941] 894. TBF, 2 December 1941: Noel Sircar, 5.12.41 895. TBF, 2 December 1941: S. M. Telkar, 8.12.41 896. Eastern Service Meeting, 10 December 1941 897. TBF, 10 December 1941: S. Lall, 18.12.41 898. TBF, 10 December 1941: S. M. Telkar, 13.12.41 899. TBF, 14 December 1941: M. Tambimuttu, 21.12.41 900. TBF, 17 December 1941: N. B. Mukerjee, 17.12.41 901. TBF, 19 December 1941: Bahadur Singh, 25.12.41 902. TBF, 19 December 1941: S. Telkar, 22.12.41 903. War Commentary 3, 20 December 1941 904. Letter from Z. A. Bokhari to J. Bahadur Singh, 20 December 1941 905. Letter to Mulk Raj Anand, 22 December 1941 906. TBF, 23 December 1941: P. Chatterjee, 23.12.41 907. TBF, 23 December 1941: Noel Sircar, 26.12.41 908. Review: Louis Fischer, Men and Politics, Christmas 1941 909. Letter to Chinna Durai, 29 December 1941 910. Letter to A. R. Kerrell-Vaughan, 29 December 1941 911. TBF, 29 December 1941: D. V. Tahmankar, 30.12.41 912. TBF, 29 December 1941: Shridhar Telkar, 29.12.41

1942

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Keeping Our Little Corner Clean (1942–1943)

Contents About the Book Introduction 1942

1943

Notes Chronology Acknowledgements and Provenances

Two Wasted Years (1943)

Contents About the Book Introduction 1943

Notes Chronology Acknowledgements and Provenances

I have Tried to Tell the Truth (1943–1944)

Contents About the Book Introduction 1943

2378. Orwell at Tribune: editorial note 2379. Article: ‘Mark Twain—The Licensed Jester’, 26 November 1943 2380. Review: E. Allison Peers, Spain in Eclipse, 1937–1943; Lawrence Dundas, Behind the Spanish Mask, 28 November 1943 2381. Letter to Alex Comfort, 29 November 1943 2382. Letter to T. S. Eliot, 29 November 1943 2383. Letter to Henry Treece, 29 November 1943 2384. Your Questions Answered: Wigan Pier, broadcast 2 December 1943 2385. ‘As I Please’, 1, 3 December 1943 2386. Letter to Leonard Moore, 6 December 1943 2387. Letter to Henry Treece, 7 December 1943 2388. ‘Life, People and Books’, Manchester Evening News: editorial note 2389. Review: Arthur Koestler, Arrival and Departure; Philip Jordan, Jordan’s Tunis Diary, 9 December 1943 2390. Letter to Philip Rahv, 9 December 1943 2391. ‘As I Please’, 2, 10 December 1943 2392. Letter to Dwight Macdonald, 11 December 1943 2393. ‘As I Please’, 3, 17 December 1943 2394. Review: Collected Poems of W. H. Davies, 19 December 1943 2395. Review: Lancelot Hogben, Interglossa; Compton Mackenzie, Mr. Roosevelt, 23 December 1943 2396. ‘As I Please’, 4, 24 December 1943 2397. Article: ‘Can Socialists be Happy?’ by ‘John Freeman’, 24 December 1943 2398. ‘As I Please’, 5, 31 December 1943

1944

Notes Chronology Acknowledgements and Provenances

I Belong to the Left (1945)

Contents About the Book Introduction 1945

Notes Chronology Acknowledgements and Provenances

Smothered Under Journalism (1946)

Contents About the Book Map of Orwell’s Jura Introduction 1946

Notes Chronology Acknowledgements and Provenances

It is What I Think (1947–1948)

Contents About the Book Map of Orwell’s Jura Introduction 1947

1948

Notes Chronology Acknowledgements and Provenances

Our Job is to Make Life Worth Living (1949–1950)

Contents About the Book Introduction 1949

413A. Letter to H. N. Brailsford, 10 December 1937 414B. Letter to H. N. Brailsford, 18 December 1937 2305A. Letter to Lydia Jackson, 8 October 1943 2317A. Letter to Lydia Jackson, 15 October 1943 2341A. Letter to Lydia Jackson, 28 October 1943 2349A. Letter to Lydia Jackson, 11 November 1943 2470A. Letter to Arthur Koestler, 18 May 1944 2502A. Letter to Arthur Koestler, 10 July 1944 2563A. Letter to Arthur Koestler, 13 October 1944 2765A. Letter to Arthur Koestler, 17 October 1945 3025A. From Arthur Koestler to Orwell, 2 July 1946 3288A. From Arthur Koestler to Orwell, 21 October 1947 3590A. Orwell and the Information Research Department (with Celia Kirwan’s report of 30 March 1949) 3590B. Letter to Celia Kirwan, 6 April 1949 3681A. From Arthur Koestler to Orwell, 26 August 1949 3684A. Letter to Arthur Koestler, 1 September 1949 3695A. From Arthur Koestler to Orwell, 24 September 1949 3696A. Letter to Mona Harrofs McElfresh, 2 October 1949

Notes Chronology Acknowledgements and Provenances

The Lost Orwell

Contents Foreword I Raimbault–Orwell correspondence

209A. To George Orwell 210A. To R. N. Raimbault 211A. To Orwell 214A. To R. N. Raimbault 216A. To Orwell 216B. To R. N. Raimbault 217A. To Orwell 218A. To R. N. Raimbault 219A. To Orwell 221A. To Orwell 221B. To R. N. Raimbault 221C. To R. N. Raimbault 221D. To Orwell 225A. To R. N. Raimbault 242B. To R. N. Raimbault 242C. To Orwell 246B. To Orwell 246C. To R. N. Raimbault 262A. To Orwell 263A. To R. N. Raimbault

II Eileen Blair’s letters to Norah Myles

331A. 361A. 415A. 512A. 714A. 771A.

III George Kopp Further Revealed

2201. Kopp to Eileen and Orwell, 26 July 1943

IV Gordon Bowker’s Summaries of Orwell’s Letters to Brenda Salkeld

105A. 106A. 107A. 107B. 107C. 118A. 120A. 120B. 137A. 140A. 147A. 158A. 159A. 215A. 309A. 316A. 644A. 2900A. 3023A.

V Letters from Other Sources

374B. To Sergei Dinamov, International Literature, Moscow, 2 July 1937 1586A. To A. J. Balcombe, 19 October 1942 2023A. To Penguin Books, 21 April 1943 2278A. Lord David Cecil to W. J. Turner, undated (1944–6) 2278B. Lord David Cecil to W. J. Turner, undated (1944–6) 2420A. To Daniel George, 17 February 1944 2451A. To Daniel George, 10 April 1944 2563B. [Ivor Brown] to Dr Thomas Jones, C. H., 14 October 1944 2593A. To Daniel George, 28 December 1944 2604A. To Allen & Unwin Ltd., 18 January 1945 2681A. To the Editor, Million Magazine, 21 June 1945 2718A. To J. C. Trewin, 13 August 1945 2723A. To J. C. Trewin, 17 August 1945 2753A. To Malcolm Muggeridge, 25 September 1945 3165A. To David Astor, 30 January 1947 3321A. To an Unknown Person [David Astor?], Friday 3351A. To Ivor Brown, 20 February 1948 3401A. To Mrs Jessica Marshall, 19 May 1948 3410A. To J. C. Trewin, 5 June 1948 To Malcolm Muggeridge, 4 December 1948 3647A. Jordi Arquer to Orwell, 16 June 1949, with original French 3650A. To Jordi Arquer, 22 June 1949 3655A–1. From Christy & Moore to Jordi Arquer, 27 June 1949 3663A. To Malcolm Muggeridge, 22 July 1949 3665A. Jordi Arquer to Orwell, 24 July 1949, with original French 3667A. To Jordi Arquer, 28 July 1949 3689A. Sonia Brownell to Jordi Arquer, 14 September 1949 3702A. Sonia Brownell to Mr Groves, 14 October 1949 3705A. To Malcolm Muggeridge, c. 25 October 1949 3720A. Avril Dunn to David Astor, 18 June 1950 Nineteen Eighty-Four. The C.D. Darlington Correspondence 3192A. To Dr C. D. Darlington 3200A. C. D. Darlington to Orwell 3201A. To C. D. Darlington

VI Articles and Supplementary Material

2625A. Paris Puts a Gay Face on her Miseries, 24 February 1945 3049A. ‘The True Pattern of H. G. Wells’, 14 August 1946 List of Names sent to Information Research Department, 2 May 1949 3615A. Names sent to Celia Kirwan, 2 May 1949 3752. Names originally excluded from Orwell’s List of Crypto-Communists and Fellow-Travellers in 1998 3715A. The Best Novels of 1949: Some Personal Choices, 1 January 1950 Purported Book Recommendation, 1952

VII Additional Explicatory Notes and Dates of Deaths VIII Editorial Note and Acknowledgements IX The Lives Behind the Illustrations Illustrations Notes

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