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3zenomax
The interesting thing about the content of the diairies published to date is how important the everyday and the natural world is to Orwell.
The bigger picture, which was so much a part of his writings elsewhere, is completely absent.
Of course this may change, but perhaps the diary is his chance just to be 'normal'.
The bigger picture, which was so much a part of his writings elsewhere, is completely absent.
Of course this may change, but perhaps the diary is his chance just to be 'normal'.
5zenomax
Any comments on the Orwell diaries published to date?
For me it gives another dimension - it feels like I am back in Orwell's time in a way that reading his correspondence and other writings do not.
It is interesting reading these in conjunction - the correspondence and articles, reviews he was writing at the time together with his immediate thoughts and questions in a daily diary.
His interest in the world around him, no matter how seemingly mundane is another dimension to his personality.
And another year almost of daily(ish) entries in the run up to the beginning of the war.
For me it gives another dimension - it feels like I am back in Orwell's time in a way that reading his correspondence and other writings do not.
It is interesting reading these in conjunction - the correspondence and articles, reviews he was writing at the time together with his immediate thoughts and questions in a daily diary.
His interest in the world around him, no matter how seemingly mundane is another dimension to his personality.
And another year almost of daily(ish) entries in the run up to the beginning of the war.
6zenomax
The BBC website now has an Orwell archive of correspondence from his two years with the BBC during the war.
Sadly no archive of his voice, but an intriguing letter from the Controller (Overseas Services) stating that Orwell's voice was unsuitable for broadcasting.
I have heard that he had a rather thin, high pitched voice. Was this caused by a mix of his TB and war injury (a bullet into the throat)? Or was this his natural voice...?
Anyway this site is a useful addition to the continuing day by day diaries being published at the site mentioned in the opening message.
Sadly no archive of his voice, but an intriguing letter from the Controller (Overseas Services) stating that Orwell's voice was unsuitable for broadcasting.
I have heard that he had a rather thin, high pitched voice. Was this caused by a mix of his TB and war injury (a bullet into the throat)? Or was this his natural voice...?
Anyway this site is a useful addition to the continuing day by day diaries being published at the site mentioned in the opening message.
