{"product_id":"i-belong-to-the-left","title":"I Belong To The Left","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVolume 17 of \u003ci\u003eThe Complete Works of George Orwell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn 29 March 1945, Orwell's wife Eileen died, aged 39. Her last, long, very moving letters to her husband are printed here. Less than six months later the novel that she might be said to have nurtured and which gave Orwell world-wide fame, \u003ci\u003eAnimal Farm\u003c\/i\u003e, was published. For a little over three months Orwell worked as a War Correspondent for the \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eManchester Evening News\u003c\/i\u003e. As well as 74 books specifically reviewed, many others were discussed briefly in essays and in his column 'As I Please'. 'Politics and the English Language', one of Orwell's most important essays, was immediately reprinted for journalists of the \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNews of the World\u003c\/i\u003e as a guide to good writing. His defence of P.G. Wodehouse, printed here, was written at a time when Wodehouse was still under a cloud. Essays and articles he wrote for the \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eManchester Evening News\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e are reprinted; correspondence shows he had written the first twelve pages of \u003ci\u003eNineteen Eighty-Four\u003c\/i\u003e. Eileen's will and Orwell's first notes for his literary executor are also reproduced. Orwell kept a careful account of what he earned to assist in making his income tax return. Only one such record has survived (for 12 July 1943 to 31 December 1945) and it is reproduced here, fully annotated.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54228483998040,"sku":"9781846559440","price":31.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781846559440_23358af2-7ca5-4521-9e4e-fd0beda129bc.jpg?v=1781066729","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/i-belong-to-the-left","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}