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The World of George Orwell

An English schoolboy, 1903-1922 — Servant of the Empire, 1922-1927 — Among the :oor, 1927-1933 — A widow on the Wigan, 1935-1936 — The war in Spain, 1937 — Bearing witness, 1937-1938 — Coming up for air, 1938-1939 — Surviving the Blitz, 1940-1941 — A voice on the BBC, 1941-1943 — Animal Farm, 1944-1945 — Last man in Europe, 1945-1946 — Orwell's list, 1946-1947 — Big Brother and the world, 1948-1950.

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