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Contents
Cold Lessons | 26 |
Consolation Prizes | 47 |
Kings Scholar | 63 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Orwell: the authorised biography |
| Author | Michael Shelden |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Heinemann, 1991 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Mar 12, 2008 |
| ISBN | 0434695173, 9780434695171 |
| Length | 564 pages |
| Subjects | Authors, English |
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