![]() As such, it reflects the highly unusual conditions in which it was written’ says Taylor.Īfter Orwell’s death, his widow Sonia visited his last home on the Hebridean island of Jura where she found a stack of documents which she identified as the 1984 manuscript. “The manuscript of Nineteen Eighty-Four is a very curious piece of work: incomplete, chaotic and oddly provisional. The manuscript published by SP Books features a foreword written by Orwell biographer DJ Taylor who is set to publish a new biography in 2023. As such, the nature of the manuscript reflects the highly unusual conditions in which it was written, taking the form of a very curious piece of work: incomplete, chaotic and oddly provisional. ![]() Due to many crises in his personal life, including the sudden and devastating loss of his first wife, Eileen, and his increasingly fragile health, it took Orwell more than five years to create his final work. ![]()
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