“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 […]
“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, […]
Added a curio to my #Orwell collection. His essay, “Benefit of Clergy”, was suppressed (from Russell, Leonard, The Saturday Book 4, London: Hutchinson & Co., London, 1944. 288pp) on grounds of obscenity but remains in the table of contents. pic.twitter.com/nFye…
Brilliant post Darcy. It is so true that students need a lib…
Thanks Richard. I checked out your blog and particularly enj…
A fantastic post, for sure. I have also read every word Orwe…
"Wanderings of a Spiritualist" turns up in antique bookshops…
Thanks for this interesting comment, Mark. I will check out…
“Actually, most of my previous publications listed in ‘Their Brilliant Careers’ are made up! It’s all part of the joke. The only real one is ‘The Weight of a Human […]
“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 Green “I have heard briefly […]
“I am a lot better, but I had a bad fortnight with the secondary effects of the streptomycin. I suppose with all these drugs it’s rather a case of sinking […]
Consider this: The word utopia means both “good place” and “no place.” What we need are alternative horizons that spark the imagination. And I do mean horizons in the plural; […]
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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 […]