Becoming George Orwell: Life and Letters, Legend and Legacy

by John Rodden

Book Overview

The remarkable transformation of Orwell from journeyman writer to towering icon

Is George Orwell the most influential writer who ever lived? Yes, according to John Rodden's provocative book about the transformation of a man into a myth. Rodden does not argue that Orwell was the most distinguished man of letters of the last century, nor even the leading novelist of his generation, let alone the greatest imaginative writer of English...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691182744
• ISBN13: 9780691182742
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.9" x 8.6"