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A Clergyman's Daughter

By George Orwell
Series: Orwell: The New Editions
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A Clergyman's Daughter by George Orwell follows the story of Dorothy Hare, a clergyman's daughter in a small English village, who struggles with her monotonous life and financial burdens. As she experiences a series of unexpected events, her life is turned upside down, leading her to question her faith and identity. Through her journey, Orwell explores themes of societal expectations, class struggle, and personal redemption.
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A Clergyman's Daughter

A new and definitive edition of Burmese Days introduced and annotated by Orwell's prize-winning biographer.

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A new edition of Orwell's starkly realistic second novel, introduced and annotated by his biographer, D. J. Taylor

First published in 1935, when Orwell was struggling to establish himself as a writer, A Clergyman's Daughter tells the story of twenty-something Dorothy Hare, whose mundane life in a Suffolk rectory is thrown out of kilter by an amnesiac episode that sets her adrift in a new and frighteningly insecure world.

This new edition includes an introduction, extensive anecdotes, and an appendix containing original responses to the novel as well as letters and documents from the period in which it was written.

Series: Orwell: The New Editions

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781472133014

Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 08 June 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Constable

Contributors:

  • Edited by D.J. Taylor
  • Edited by D.J. Taylor

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 28.0mm

Width: 126.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 252g

Pages: 320

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Fiction General Fiction George Orwell Literary Fiction Series: Orwell: The New Editions

About the Author

D. J. Taylor is a writer and critic. His collection of short stories, After Bathing at Baxter's was published in 1997 and he is the author of six novels: Great Eastern Land (1986); Real Life (1992); English Settlement (1996); Trespass (1998), a satire of 1970s England; The Comedy Man (2001), the story of one half of a comedy duo; and Kept: A Victorian Mystery (2006). Several of his books are set in his home city of Norwich.

His books of non-fiction include Afer the War: The Novel and England Since 1945 (1993); A Vain Conceit: British fiction in the 1980s (1989), a critical look at the quality of fiction-writing in Britain; and most recently, Bright Young People: The Rise and Fall of a Generation 1918-1940.

He is also well-known for his biographies: Thackeray (1999); and Orwell: The Life, published in 2003 to coincide with the centenary of Orwell's birth. This book won the 2003 Whitbread Biography Award.

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