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The Orwell Tour
- Author
- Oliver Lewis
- Narrator
- Oliver Lewis
- Publisher
- W. F. Howes Ltd
- Publish Date
- 7 September 2023
- Run Time
- 9 hours 11 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Following in the footsteps of his literary hero, researcher and historian Oliver Lewis set out to visit all the places to have inspired and been lived in by George Orwell.
Over three years he travelled from Wigan to Catalonia, Paris to Motihari, Marrakesh to Eton, and in each location explored both how Orwell experienced the place, and how the place now remembers him as a literary icon.
Beginning in Northern India, where Orwell was born in 1903, and ending in the Oxfordshire village of Sutton Courtenay, where he was laid to rest in 1950, The Orwell Tour offers an accessible and informative new biography of Orwell through the lens of place.
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Details
- Author
- Oliver Lewis
- Narrator
- Oliver Lewis
- Duration
- 9 hours 11 minutes
- Release Date
- 7 September 2023
- ISBN
- 9781004136063
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- W. F. Howes Ltd
Synopsis
A travelogue exploring the life and work of George Orwell through the places he lived, worked and wroteFollowing in the footsteps of his literary hero, researcher and historian Oliver Lewis set out to visit all the places to have inspired and been lived in by George Orwell.Over three years he travelled from Wigan to Catalonia, Paris to Motihari, Marrakesh to Eton, and in each location explored both how Orwell experienced the place, and how the place now remembers him as a literary icon.Beginning in Northern India, where Orwell was born in 1903, and ending in the Oxfordshire village of Sutton Courtenay, where he was laid to rest in 1950, The Orwell Tour offers an accessible and informative new biography of Orwell through the lens of place.
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