Diary

George Orwell’s last diary entry from Cranham sanatorium on Easter Sunday 1949

George Orwell’s last diary entry from Cranham sanatorium on Easter Sunday 1949

George Orwell was a patient at Cranham sanatorium (Gloucestershire) from 6 January 1949 until 3 September 1949 when he was transferred to University College Hospital, London.  He died at UCH on 21 January 1950 from pulmonary tuberculosis. Cranham, 17 April 1949 Curious effect, here in the sanatorium, on Easter Sunday, when the people in...
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