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Generous Anger: The Story of George Orwell. (Biography: World Writers).
From: The Book Report
Date: 20011101
Author:Gordon, Lee Diane
Boerst, William. Generous Anger: the Story of George Orwell 2001. 112pp. $20.95 lb. Morgan Reynolds. 1-883846-74-9. Grades 8-12
Beginning with school days and family life, this biography straightforwardly describes George Orwell, author of 1984 and Animal Farm. Orwell left his first post after college as a police officer in Burma and returned to England, where he tried to become a writer. But success was not immediate. Orwell took a teaching position at a boys' school, where he was a good teacher, but not a happy one. Each new attempt at writing made him a better writer, and ...
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