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Mentioned in 6 episodes

Clergyman's Daughter

Book • 1950

Author

George Orwell

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Mentioned in 6 episodes

Mentioned by

Anna Funder

as a novel written by Orwell before he met Eileen.

70 snips

305. Orwell: Dark Secrets, The CIA, & His Forgotten Failures (Part 4)

Mentioned as a critique of class and capitalism in English life in Orwell's novels.

54 snips

George Orwell

Mentioned by Tabitha Syrett and

Dominic Sandbrook

among Orwell’s lesser-known early novels before his later fame.

51 snips

Nineteen Eighty-Four: Dominic Sandbrook on Big Brother, Surveillance, and Fear (The Book Club)

Mentioned by

Dorian Lynskey

as a book by George Orwell.

30 snips

George Orwell Part 1 – From Eton to Barcelona

Mentioned as one of George Orwell's published novels that he later dismissed as thoroughly bad.

25 snips

757 George Orwell's 1984 (#6 Greatest Book of All Time)

Mentioned by

Thomas Banks

in the context of his lesser-known works.

15 snips

Episode 271: The Literary Life of Peter Hitchens

Mentioned as Orwell's second novel, which he later disowned, but had a profound impact on the speaker when he read it at age 13.

D. J. Taylor, "Orwell: The New Life" (Pegasus Books, 2023)

Mentioned by

Matthew Sweet

as a novel where Orwell uses a similar dialogue technique to the one in

Will Self

's book.

Free Thinking: Will Self, R. D. Laing and Mandy.

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