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  <dc:title>Letter from Édouard Roditi</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Typescript letter with manuscript postscript to Sonia Orwell from Édouard Roditi, who had known George Orwell in 1931 through Jack Common and Richard Rees, reminiscing about experiencing London together, including visiting Trafalgar Square where Orwell acquired phrases and characters used in '&lt;i&gt;A Clergyman's Daughter&lt;/i&gt;', (1f). The associated item is a a copy of Roditi's poem '&lt;i&gt;Trafalgar Square&lt;/i&gt;' referenced in the letter, which Orwell had tried to get Rees to publish (2ff).</dc:description>
  <dc:date>11 November 1970</dc:date>
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