“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, […]
Late October. Really? #weather pic.twitter.com/4alp…
currently reading 1984 for the umpteenth time, it's still th…
Lot of stuff about Blair that I have never read before, as a…
An interesting article Darcy. While rue Cardinal Lemoine is…
Brilliant post Darcy. It is so true that students need a lib…
Thanks Richard. I checked out your blog and particularly enj…
“I am just on the grisly job of typing out my novel. I can’t type much because it tires me too much to sit up at table, and I asked […]
Visiting the Stedelijk Museum with my family, after three rewarding but long days of getting value for money from our museum discount card, was one highlight of our time in […]
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 months later in tragically sad […]
“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 – and I am a […]
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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 […]