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A special Xmas present for Orwellians

A special Xmas present for Orwellians

Coming tomorrow to georgeorwellnovels.com
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Halloween Special – George Orwell saw a ghost!

Halloween Special – George Orwell saw a ghost!

Teaser details: The story is told by Orwell in a private letter to a friend. This is not an essay or fiction by Orwell.  It’s an actual incident that occurred to him in 1931. It gets better:
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Source for George Orwell’s letters and other writings

The Complete Works of George Orwell is a twenty-volume set of books edited by Peter Davison that contains the authoritative texts of Orwell’s writings. I am using the first printing of the set from 1998 by Secker & Warburg (London) as the source for many of the documents on this site.
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Use of Wikipedia articles on this site

I am using various Wikipedia articles on this site as background material.  The idea is to link original documents (e.g. Orwell’s letters) to these articles so that everything fits together and can be understood.  I have been a contributor to the articles on Wikipedia over the years and some of the Orwell related images...
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The first thing you need to know …

The first thing you need to know about this site is that it is entirely free to use. Also, when a text is listed as being here it is complete and ready for you to read and enjoy. I’m not listing texts on this site and then putting a link where you have to...
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