Orwell: The Life
by D J Taylor
***This biography of George Orwell, Orwell: The Life by DJ Taylor, was winner of the 2003 Whitbread Biography Award***
“The question of how and when Orwell obtained his political consciousness is a fascinating one. I would argue that he doesn’t actually become fully politically aware until he goes to Spain in 1937, and lives for a time in Barcelona and sees what he regards as democratic socialism in action.” —DJ Taylor
Other George Orwell biographies to consider include Bernard Crick’s George Orwell: A Life and Jeffrey Meyers’s Orwell: Wintry Conscience of a Generation.
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