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

Chronology  1940
Chronology  taken from "George Orwell - A Bibliography", by Gillian Fenwick

early January
At Wallington
30 January - 13 March
At Greenwich. Ill with influenza
February
Began contributing to Horizon
March
Began contributing to Tribune
11 March
Inside the Whale published
April
Projected long novel in three parts, never written
May
Moved to 18 Dorset Chambers, Chagford Street, Regent's Park

Joined Local Defence Volunteers, London Home Guard in St John's Wood
18 May
First theatre criticism for Time and Tide
August - October
Writing The Lion and the Unicorn
December
The Ruling Class published in Horizon Vol. II, No. 12


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