| StorageSite | UCL Special Collections |
| Level | Item |
| Reference Number | ORWELL/H/1/34 |
| Title | Letter from Jonathan Cape |
| Date | 16 June 1944 |
| Description | Typescript letter from [Herbert] Jonathan Cape to Orwell's agent Leonard P[arker] Moore regarding '<i>Animal Farm</i>', noting his personal enjoyment but which, following a conversation with a Ministry of Information official, he declines to publish because of the timing and the too close matching of the fable to the "the progress and development of the Russian Soviets and their two dictators", (1f). |
| Extent | 1 letter |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| AccessConditions | The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking. |
| Copyright | Estate of Herbert Jonathan Cape, d.1960 |