Looks like Orwell in Tribune won't contain anything not in Davison.
Posted by Ben Brumfield at September 22, 2006 10:36 AMI have a feeling Davison knew he was providing research support for five or six other people's books and just didn't care if others took credit on the way to getting the work out there. He was so generously chatty with those footnotes.
Posted by: Martha Bridegam at September 22, 2006 12:19 PMAny idea what a going rate for CW minus the novels is these days?
Posted by: Ben Brumfield at September 22, 2006 12:27 PMLooks like you can get the volumes individually in paperback through either Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk. The UK deals look better but maybe not after currency exchange and shipping. Some deals look better on www.abebooks.com but not many. The second-hand items there might be hardcover.
I recommend starting with Vol. 10, "A Kind of Compulsion" (childhood through 1936), Vol. 11, "Facing Unpleasant Facts" (1937-39), Vol. 12, "A Patriot After All" (1940-1941), and then Vol. 18, "Smothered Under Journalism" (1946), and Vol. 20, "Our Job is to Make Life Worth Living," which has the indexes and a ton of appendices including The List.
On the bedeviled question of "premature anti-Fascism" etc., I've been kind of meaning to reread Vols. 11 and 12 since last week.
Posted by: Martha Bridegam at September 22, 2006 01:47 PMOoof. Looks like Josie's going to a state school after all...
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Posted by: Martha Bridegam at September 22, 2006 05:50 PM