CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS = xiii
INTRODUCTION = 1
NOTE ON THE TEXT = 37
Down and Out in Paris and London)1933)
1 Introduction to the French edition(1935) / GEORGE ORWELL = 39
2 Unsigned notice, TLS, 12 jANUARY 1933 = 41
3 Adlphi, February 1933 / C.DAY LEWIS = 42
4 New Statesman and Nation, 18 March 1933 / W.H.DAVIES = 43
5 Unsigned notice, Nation, 6 September 1933 = 43
6 nEW rEPUBLIC, II October 1933 / JAMES FARRELL= 46
7 Tribune, 24 January 1941 / DANIEL GEORGE = 47
Burnmese Days(1943)
8 Spectator, 28 June 1935 / SEAN O'FAOLAIN = 50
9 Unsigned notice, TLS, 18 July 1935 = 51
10 Fortnightly, August 1935 / G.W.STONIER = 53
11 World Review, June 1950 / MALCOLM MUGGERIDGE = 54
A Clergyman's Daughter(1935)
12 Observer, Io March 1935 / L.P.HARTLEY = 58
13 Spectator, 22 March 1935 / V.S.PRITCHETT = 59
14 New Statesman and Nation, 23 March 1935 / PETER QUENNELL = 61
15 Adelphi, August 1935 / MICHAEL SAYERS = 62
16 Commonweal, 18 June 1937 / GEOFFREY STONE = 64
Keep the Aspidistra Flying(1936)
17 Spectator, 24 April 1936 / WILLIAM PLOMER = 65
18 New Statesman and Nation, 25 April 1936 / CYRIL CONNOLLY = 67
19 Unsigned notice, TLS, 2 May 1936 = 68
20 Adelphi, June 1936 / RICHARD REES = 69
21 Life and Letters Today, Autumn 1936 / KENNETH MACPHERSON = 70
22 New Yorker, 28 January 1956 / ANTHONY WEST = 71
23 Commonweal, 23 March 1956 / HENRY POPKIN = 80
24 Yale Review, Spring 1956 / DOROTHY VAN GHENT = 82
25 Commentary, June 1956 / ISAAC ROSENFELD = 84
26 Hudson Review, Summer 1956 / LOUIS SIMPSON = 88
The Road to Wigan Pier(1937)
27 Foreword to the Left Book Club edition(1937) / VICTOR GOLLANCZ = 91
28 Tribune, 12 March 1937 / WALTER GREENWOOD = 99
29 Time and Tide, 20 March 1937 / ARTHUR CALDER-MARSHALL = 110
30 Left News, March 1937 / H.J.LASKI = 104
31 Fortnightly, April 1937 / DOUGLS GOLDRING = 108
32 New Statesman and Nation, I May 1937 / HAMISH MILES = 110
33 Nation, 30 August 1958 / ROBERT HATCH = 113
34 Encounter, August 1959 / PHILIP TOYNBEE = 115
Homage to Catalonia(1938)
35 Unsigned notice, TLS, 30 April 1938 = 119
36 Time and Tide, 30 April 1938 / GEOFFREY GORER = 121
37 New Leader(London), 6 May 1938 / JOHN MCNAIR = 124
38 New English Weekly, 26 May 1938 / PHILIP MAIRET = 127
39 Manchester Guardian, 14 June 1938 / A.W.J. = 130
40 Tablet, 9 July 1938 / DOUGLAS WOODRUFF = 131
41 World Review, June 1950 / STEPHEN SPENDER = 134
42 New Leader(New York), 16 June 1952 / T.R.FYVEL = 137
43 New Republic, 23 June 1952 / GEORGE MAYBERRY = 141
44 Nation, 27 December 1952 / HERBERT MATTHEWS = 143
45 New Statesman, 20 April 1962 / HUGH THOMS = 150
Coming Up For Air(1939)
46 Unsigned notice, TLS, 17 June 1939 = 152
47 Time and Tide, 24 June 1939 / MARGERY ALLINGHAM = 154
48 Tribune, 21 July 1939 / WINIFRED HORRABIN = 155
49 Commonweal, 3 February 1950 / JOHN COGLEY = 156
50 Nation, 4 February 1950 / IRVING HOWE = 158
51 Saturday Review of Literature, 18 February 1950 / EDMUND FULLER = 161
52 New Republic, 20 February 1950 / JAMES STERN = 164
53 Atlantic Monthly, March 1950 / CHARLES ROLO = 167
54 Partisan Review, May 1950 / ISAAC ROSENFELD = 169
Inside the Whale(1940)
55 Time and Tide, 9 March 1940 / ARTHUR CALDER-MARSHALL = 175
56 New English Weekly, 14 March 1940 / PHILIP MAIRET = 177
57 Unsigned notice, TLS, 20 aPRIL 1940 = 180
58 Adelphi, April 1940 / MAX PLOWMAN = 182
59 Lift and Letters Today, June 1940 / ROBERT HERRING = 184
60 Scrutiny, September 1940 / Q.D.LEAVIS = 187
The Lion and the Unicorn(1941)
61 Partisan Review, March 1942 / DWIGHT MACDONALD = 191
Animal Farm(1954)
62 Evening Standard Io August 1945 / GRAHAM GREENE = 195
63 New Statesman and Nation, 8 September 1945 / KINGSLEY MARTIN = 197
64 Horizon, September 1945 / CYRIL CONNOLLY = 199
65 Nation, 7 September 1946 / ISAAC ROSENFELD = 201
66 New Yorker, 7 September 1946 / EDMUND WILSON = 204
67 Canadian Forum, December 1946 / NORTHROP FRYE = 206
Critical Essays(1946)
68 Spectator, 8 March 1946 / STUART HAMPSHIRE = 209
69 Tablet, 6 April 1946 / ELELYN WAUGH = 211
70 New Republic, 6 May 1946 / HARRY LEVIN = 215
71 Saturday Review of Literature, II May 1946 / ERIC BENTLEY = 219
72 Nation, 25 May 1946 / WYLIE SYPHER = 221
73 New Yorker, 25 May 1946 / EDMUND WILSON = 224
74 Adelphi, July 1946 / JOHN MIDDLETION MURRY = 227
75 Partisan Review, September 1946 / NEWTON ARVIN = 232
George Woodcock on George Orwell(1946)
76 'George Orwell, 19th century Liberal,' Politics, December 1946 / GEORGE WOODCOCK = 235
1984(1949)
77 Publisher's Report, 1948 / FREDRIC WARBURG = 247
79 TLS, IO June 1949 / JULIAN SYMONS = 251
80 Nation, 25 June 1949 / DIANA TRILLING = 257
81 New Leader(New York), 25 June 1949 / DANIEL BELL = 262
82 Partisan Review, July 1949 / PHILIP RAHV = 267
83 Masses and Mainstream, August 1949 / SAMUEL SILLEN = 274
84 Frankfurter Rundschau, 5 November 1949 / GOLO MANN = 277
85 Pravda, 12 May 1950 / I.ANISIMOV = 282
86 World Review, June 1950 / HERBERT READ = 283
87 The Captive Mind(1953) / CZELAW MILOSZ = 286
88 Marxist Quarterly, January 1956 / JAMES WALSH = 287
Obituaries
89 New Statesman and Nation, 28 January 1950 / V.S.PRITCHETT = 294
90 Observey, 29 January 1950 / ARTHUR KOESTLER = 296
91 World Review, June 1950 / BERTRAND RUSSELL = 299
Shooting an Elephant(1950)
92 Listener, 2 November 1950 / E.M.FORSTER = 302
93 Tribune, 3 November 1950 / T.R.FYVEL = 305
94 New Republic, 4 December 1950 / CHRISTOPHER SYKES = 308
95 New Yorker, 13 January 1951 / EDMUND WILSON = 309
96 Time and Tide, IO February 1951 / C.V.WEDGWOOD = 311
England Your England(1953)
97 New Republic, 16 March 1953 / STEPHEN SPENDER = 313
98 TLS, 4 December 1953 / Unsigned notice = 316
99 Observer, 24 January 1954 / ANGUS WILSON = 318
100 Kenyon Review, Winter 1954 / HENRY POPKIN = 320
101 Twentieth Century, January 1954 / JOHN WAIN = 326
102 Hudson Review, Spring 1957 / GEORGE ELLIOTT = 334
Collected Essays, Journalism and Letters(1968)
103 Daily Telegraph, 3 October 1968 / ANTHONY POWELL = 341
104 Listener, 12 December 1968 / CONOR CRUISE O'BRIEN = 344
105 Harper's, January 1969 / IRVING HOWE = 349
106 Esquire, March 1969 / MALCOLM MUGGERIDGE = 359
107 New Yorker, March 1969 / GEORGE STEINER = 363
108 Philological Quarterly, October 1969 / JEFFREY MEYERS = 373
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY = 382
INDEX = 383