Ebook: George Orwell: A Life

Intro; Title; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. "And I was a chubby boy"; 2. The joys of prep school and the echoing green; 3. Learning and holidays; 4. Eton: Resting on the oars (1917-21); 5. An Englishman in Burma (1922-27); 6. Going native in London and Paris (1928-31); 7. Hard times or struggling up (1932-34); 8. Bookshop days (1934-35); 9. The crucial journey (1936) to Wigan Pier and home to Wallington; 10. Spain and "necessary murder" (1937); 11. Coming Up for Air (1938-39): The political writer; 12. The challenge and frustration of war (1939-41)