This volume, with its companian "The War Commentaries", re-creates the grim purposeful mood of Britain between Dunkirk and D-Day. The book brings together all the surviving BBC talks written and presented by Orwell during 1942 and 1943. Some of the talks are political: on sabotage, on rationing. Many are literary: adaptations of plays or stories by H.G. Wells, Hans Anderson and Anatole France among others; assessments of writers who influenced Orwell, including Swift, Shaw and Oscar Wilde. A selection of the correspondence ...
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This volume, with its companian "The War Commentaries", re-creates the grim purposeful mood of Britain between Dunkirk and D-Day. The book brings together all the surviving BBC talks written and presented by Orwell during 1942 and 1943. Some of the talks are political: on sabotage, on rationing. Many are literary: adaptations of plays or stories by H.G. Wells, Hans Anderson and Anatole France among others; assessments of writers who influenced Orwell, including Swift, Shaw and Oscar Wilde. A selection of the correspondence from several of the contributors to Orwell's programmes includes letters form E.M. Forster, Mulk Raj Anand, T.S. Eliot and Cyril Connolly.
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Add this copy of Orwell: the War Broadcasts to cart. $11.23, good condition, Sold by Phatpocket Limited rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Waltham Abbey, ESSEX, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1985 by BBC Books.
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Add this copy of The War Broadcasts to cart. $31.00, very good condition, Sold by MW Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Galway, G, IRELAND, published 1987 by Harmondsworth: Penguin.
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Series: Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics. Physical description: 307 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates: illustrations, facsimiles, portraits; 20 cm. Notes: Originally published: London: Duckworth, 1985. Includes index. Subjects: Orwell, George 1903-1950 Biography; Orwell, George 1903-1950 Biography; Journalism; Authors, English 20th century; Personal narratives, British; Prose in English 1900-1945; Fiction in English Orwell, George Correspondence, diaries. Very good paperback copy; cover slightly creased and dulled as with age. Bright and clean internally. Remains particularly well-preserved overall.
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Add this copy of Orwell: the War Broadcasts to cart. $99.79, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Santa Clarita, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1985 by BBC/Duckworth.
