Volume 14 from The Complete Works of George Orwell, available separately for the first time
Eric Arthur Blair - better known as George Orwell - was born on 25
June 1903 in Bengal. He was educated at Eton and then served with
the Indian Imperial Police in Burma. He lived in Paris for two
years, and then returned to England where he worked as a private
tutor, schoolteacher and bookshop assistant. He fought on the
Republican side in the Spanish Civil War and was wounded in the
throat. During the Second World War he served as Talks Producer for
the Indian Service of the BBC and then joined Tribune as its
literary editor. He died in London in January 1950.
Eric Arthur Blair - better known as George Orwell - was born on 25
June 1903 in Bengal. He was educated at Eton and then served with
the Indian Imperial Police in Burma. He lived in Paris for two
years, and then returned to England where he worked as a private
tutor, schoolteacher and bookshop assistant. He fought on the
Republican side in the Spanish Civil War and was wounded in the
throat. During the Second World War he served as Talks Producer for
the Indian Service of the BBC and then joined Tribune as its
literary editor. He died in London in January 1950.
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