![]() I knew that I had a facility with words and a power of facing unpleasant facts, and I felt that this created a sort of private world in which I could get my own back for my failure in everyday life.” George Orwell, Why I Write. 1946.īefore being sent away to school at 8, Eric Blair had a very happy childhood in Henley. ![]() ![]() “I had the lonely child's habit of making up stories and holding conversations with imaginary persons, and I think from the very start my literary ambitions were mixed up with the feeling of being isolated and undervalued. Write the book only you can write, the book you're meant to write, but how do you write freely and truly and honestly with cleanliness? Let me show you how Orwell found his way.Įric Arthur Blair was born 25 June 1903 (and died at just 47 21 January 1950 - which gives this ageing writer pause for thought.) How did Orwell make the leap from The Clergyman's Daughter to works like Animal Farm and 1984, from more conventional middle-of-the-road writing, small themes and safe prose to the stark, and bolder books of his last years, to 'prose like a windowpane'? ![]() In this special blog, we will delve into George Orwell's own development as a writer to greatness. ![]()
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