Remembering George Orwell
Eric Arthur Blair
1903, June 25. Motihari, Bengal, India.
1950, January 21. University Hospital, London, England

Chronology  1931
Chronology  taken from "George Orwell - A Bibliography", by Gillian Fenwick

January
In London, staying with Francis and Mabel Fierz at 1b Oakwood Road
April
'The Spike' published in The Adelphi
summer
Submitted revised typescript of Down and Out in Paris and London to Jonathan Cape
August
'A Hanging' published in The Adelphi
August
At Golders Green
25-28 August
Tramping in central London
28 August
Set out for Kent
2-19 September
At Mereworth, Kent, hop-picking

In Bermondsey, London, Cape again rejected Down and Out in Paris and London
October-November
In lodgings at 2 Windsor Street, Paddington
autumn
Began Burmese Days
November
Contacted Leonard Moore, a literary agent
14 December
Submitted Down and Out in Paris and London to T.S. Eliot at Faber & Faber

In police custody for two days for drunkenness


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