Letters by George Orwell
10 Rambla de los Estudios, Barcelona. 1 May 1937 Dear Eric, You have a hard life. I mean to write to Mother with the news, but there are some business matters. Now I think of these, they’re inextricably connected with the news so Mother must share this letter. George is here on leave. He...
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14 April 1942 Dear Mr. Forster, Many thanks for your letter. As to the questionnaire by the BBC which you mention,1 I don’t think it ever bore much fruit, but I am finding out what replies did come in and will let you have any material which looks as if it might be useful....
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Seccion Inglesa, 10, Rambla de los Estudios, Barcelona. 12 April 1937 Dear Mr. Moore, I hope you received my message of thanks for sending out the two copies of Wigan Pier when it was first published. Now I wish to thank you for the four further copies, two of the 10/6 edition and two...
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Handwritten; undated. Dearest, You really are a wonderful wife. When I saw the cigars my heart melted away. They will solve all tobacco problems for a long time to come. McNair tells me you are all right for money, as you can borrow & then repay when B. E.l brings...
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Cranham, Gloucester 30 March 1949 Dear Fred, Thanks for your letter.1 I read “We” about a couple of years ago & don’t think I particularly want the galleys. I didn’t wish to force it on you, & I merely thought it might be worth your while & at any rate ought to be re-issued by...
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22 March 1937 Seccion Inglesa 10 Rambla de los Estudios Barcelona.1 Dearest Mummy, I enclose a ‘letter’ I began to write to you in the trenches! It ends abruptly— I think I’ve lost a sheet—& is practically illegible but you may as well have a letter written from a real fighting line, & you’ll...
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11 February 1937 24 Croom’s Hill, Greenwich, S.E. 10. Dear Mr. Moore,1 Thank you very much for your letter. I do, of course, agree with you that Mr. Gollancz should make the separate edition of Part I of Wigan Pier and I very much hope he will do so. The news that the book...
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1 Juventud Communist Iberica, Monte Oscurio Alcubierre, Huesca Commandante Kopp.2 Dear Mr Hanley,3 Many thanks for your letter. I dare say my wife has already acknowledged it, as it reached me open & she is dealing with my correspondence while I am away. I’m sorry I cannot write much of a...
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Barnhill Isle of Jura Argyllshire 12 April 1947 Dearest Sonia,1 I am handwriting this because my typewriter is downstairs. We arrived O.K. & without incident yesterday. Richard was as good as gold & rather enjoyed having a sleeper to himself after he had got over the first strangeness, & as soon as we got...
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Uncorrected letter sent by George Orwell (Eric Blair) to his mother Ida from St. Cyprian’s preparatory school in Eastbourne, Sussex. 17 March 1912 My darling Mother, Thank you for your letter, please tell me what couler the giune-pig is. W are coming back on the third of April, and going back to school on...
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