Tag: Orwell in Paris
Orwell in Paris: Aunt Nellie
George Orwell aka Eric Blair (1903-1950) died seventy years ago today, on the 21st January 1950. His favourite aunt, Nellie Limouzin (1870-1950), passed away five […]
Orwell in Paris: Edith Morgan
“According to the 1926 French census, there were 17,966 Americans in France, of which 9,363 were in the Seine Department that included Paris.“ Nancy L […]
Orwell in Paris: Ruth Graves II
“I came back to America in 1939, in October, but do not feel that I am at home yet. New York has been most inhospitable […]
Orwell in Paris: Ruth Graves
“Among the letters in Orwell’s possession at his death was one from Ruth Graves, whom he had known twenty years earlier, in Paris. She had, […]
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Orwell in Paris: War Correspondent*
Wearing the uniform of a British officer, George Orwell returned to Paris in February 1945 as a war correspondent for The Observer and Manchester Evening […]