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Tag Archives: George Orwell
Waugh’s Orwellian Dystopia
The Orwell Society has posted an interesting essay on the friendship of Evelyn Waugh and George Orwell with special reference to how Waugh’s 1953 novella Love Among the Ruins was intended as a response to Orwell’s 1948 novel 1984. This … Continue reading
Posted in Letters, Love Among The Ruins
Tagged George Orwell, Richard Lance Keeble, The Orwell Society
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New Brideshead Edition Announced
Waugh’s North American publisher Little, Brown & Co. has announced plans to issue a new edition of Brideshead Revisited in November. This is to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Little, Brown’s publication of the book in January 1946. Here are … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Bibliophilia, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers
Tagged Berkley Books, George Orwell, Little Brown & Co, Publishers Weekly
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Biography of Orwell’s 1984
Today’s New York Times reviews what it describes as a biography of George Orwell’s novel 1984. This year marks the 70th anniversary of the novel’s publication on  8 June 1949 in London and a week later in New York. The book’s … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Evelyn Waugh, Letters, Scott-King's Modern Europe
Tagged 1984, George Orwell, New York Times
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More from Duncan McLaren
Duncan McLaren has recently added new postings about Waugh and his work to his website. The latest is entitled Men at War (2) and deals with the major portion of that novel that revolves around Guy Crouchback’s (and Waugh’s) early … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh, Evelyn Waugh Society, Men at Arms
Tagged Duncan McLaren, George Orwell
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Waugh Welcomes Students
Several student-oriented papers have quoted Evelyn Waugh in their greetings to students arriving or returning to university studies: —The Times Higher Education Supplement invited advisory Twitter messages to be posted in an effort to make first year students feel welcome. … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers, Oxford, Twitter
Tagged Cherwell, George Orwell, The Massachusetts Daily Collegian, Times Higher Education Supplement
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Orwell’s Religion in this Week’s Tablet
D J Taylor writing in the latest edition of The Tablet addresses the issue of George Orwell’s attitude toward religion in general and the Roman Catholic church in particular. This is in an essay entitled “The Other Saint George: George … Continue reading
Posted in Catholicism, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers
Tagged D.J.Taylor, George Orwell, Michael G Brennan, The Tablet
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D J Taylor Reviews the Complete Works
In the current issue of Literary Review, literary critic and novelist D J Taylor reviews the first four volumes of Evelyn Waugh’s Complete Works. The review, entitled “Author of Himself”, manages to be at the same time thorough, scholarly and … Continue reading
Posted in A Little Learning, Academia, Complete Works, Interviews, Newspapers, Rossetti: His Life and Works, Vile Bodies
Tagged D.J.Taylor, George Orwell, Literary Review
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Commonweal Republishes Waugh Story
On the occasion of Evelyn Waugh’s birthday last week, the independent US Roman Catholic magazine Commonweal has republished his 1953 story of the dystopian future, Love Among the Ruins. The story made its first US appearance in Commoneweal’s issue dated 31 July 1953, … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Catholicism, Love Among The Ruins, Newspapers
Tagged Commonweal, George Orwell
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Orwell Society Visits Waugh Site
A member of the Orwell Society has posted a report of a visit made by a group of its members to North London sites associated with George Orwell. The visit started in Hampstead with a stop at the site of … Continue reading
Posted in Essays, Articles & Reviews, Hampstead, London, Scott-King's Modern Europe, Sightings
Tagged Canonbury Square, George Orwell, Orwell Society
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