| StorageSite | UCL Special Collections |
| Level | Item |
| Reference Number | Orwell/S/2/A/28 |
| Title | Letter from Édouard Roditi |
| Date | 11 November 1970 |
| 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 '<i>A Clergyman's Daughter</i>', (1f). The associated item is a a copy of Roditi's poem '<i>Trafalgar Square</i>' referenced in the letter, which Orwell had tried to get Rees to publish (2ff). |
| Extent | 1 letter and associated item |
| 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 Édouard Roditi d.1992 |
| Related Material | Orwell/S/2/A/22 |