Letter from Orwell to Eleanor Jaques Typescript letter from Orwell to Eleanor asking about her time in Singapore. He writes that he is happy working in the bookshop but hates London, and is waiting to hear how 'Burmese Days' sold in America. He is also waiting for ['A Clergyman's Daughter'] to be published and states that he is ashamed of it, except for one passage. 20 January 1935