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ORWELL-GOLLANCZ - Papers of Gollancz Ltd relating to the publication of books by George Orwell
4 - Papers relating to the publication of 'The Road to Wigan Pier'
StorageSite
UCL Special Collections
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Item
Reference Number
ORWELL-GOLLANCZ/4/24
Title
Letter from Orwell to Gollancz
Date
9 May 1937
Description
Typed letter from Orwell to Gollancz, sent from Barcelona while on leave from fighting in the Spanish Civil War. Orwell thanks him for his introduction to 'The Road to Wigan Pier' and writes 'I greatly hope I come out of this alive, if only to write a book about it'.
Extent
2pp
AccessStatus
Open
Copyright
Orwell Estate until 2039. Published in 'The Complete Works of George Orwell' edited by Peter Davison (London, Secker and Warburg, 1998), 368, Vol 11, p.22.
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