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<p><b>The remarkable transformation of Orwell from journeyman writer to towering icon</b><br><br>Is George Orwell the most influential writer who ever lived? Yes, according to John Rodden’s provocative book about the transformation of a man into a myth. Rodden does not argue that Orwell was the most distinguished man of letters of the last century, nor even the leading novelist of his generation, let alone the greatest imaginative writer of English prose fiction. Yet his influence since his deat
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Rodden, John
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Published
- 2019
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780691182742
- Category
- biography
- Subjects
- History, Biography, Memoir
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
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