The Orwell Prize is publishing the diaries of George Orwell in the form of a WordPress blog, with the entries entered exactly as he wrote them 70 years later on the same date, starting today with his August 9th, 1938 entry and continuing on through October 1942.
What impression of Orwell will emerge? From his domestic diaries (which start on 9th August), it may be a largely unknown Orwell, whose great curiosity is focused on plants, animals, woodwork, and – above all – how many eggs his chickens have laid. From his political diaries (from 7th September), it may be the Orwell whose political observations and critical thinking have enthralled and inspired generations since his death in 1950. Whether writing about the Spanish Civil War or sloe gin, geraniums or Germany, Orwell’s perceptive eye and rebellion against the ‘gramophone mind’ he so despised are obvious.
via Fimoculous
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What a cool find! Thanks!