Letter to Alex Comfort (11? July 1943)
• The Collected Essays, Journalism & Letters, George Orwell: My Country Right or Left, 1940–1943, Editors: Sonia Orwell, Ian Angus. p. 305
• The Collected Essays, Journalism & Letters, George Orwell: My Country Right or Left, 1940–1943, Editors: Sonia Orwell, Ian Angus. p. 305
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It was thinking of people like him [William Empson] that made me rather angry about what you said of the BBC, though God knows I have the best means of judging what a mixture of whoreshop and lunatic asylum it is for the most part.
— George Orwell
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• The Collected Essays, Journalism & Letters, George Orwell: My Country Right or Left, 1940–1943, Editors: Sonia Orwell, Ian Angus. p. 305" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About George Orwell
George Orwell (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950) was the pen name of British novelist, essayist, and journalist Eric Arthur Blair, whose work is characterised by lucid prose, awareness of social injustice, opposition to totalitarianism, and strong support of democratic socialism.
About George Orwell
George Orwell (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950) was the pen name of British novelist, essayist, and journalist Eric Arthur Blair, whose work is characterised by lucid prose, awareness of social injustice, opposition to totalitarianism, and strong support of democratic socialism.
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