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A Clergyman's Daughter by D. J. Taylor (Editor); George. Orwell
22.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Orwell: the New Editions Ser.
A new edition of Orwell's starkly realistic second novel, introduced and annotated by his biographer, D. J. TaylorFirst published in 1935, when Orwell was struggling to establish himself as a writer, A Clergyman's Daughter tells the story of twenty-something Dorothy Hare, whose mundane life in a Suffolk ...Show more
Burmese Days by D. J. Taylor (Editor); George. Orwell
22.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Orwell: the New Editions Ser.
A new edition of Orwell's debut novel, introduced and annotated by his biographer, D. J. TaylorFirst published in 1934, and a bitter souvenir of Orwell's time as a servant of the British Raj, Burmese Days follows the slow decline of John Flory, as he tries to steer a path between the bores of the Kyaukt ...Show more
Derby Day by TAYLOR D J
19.95 AUD
Category: Fiction
It's Derby Day and all of England is heading for the Epsom Downs. Society beauties rub shoulders with Whitechapel street girls, as every class of society gathers with high hopes and taut nerves for the greatest race of the year. All through winter, from London to France, plans have been laid, money exch ...Show more
On 1984 - A Biography by D J Taylor
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Category: Culture Ideas Politics | Reading Level: very good
Since its publication nearly seventy years ago, George Orwell's 1984 has been regarded as one of the most influential novels of the modern age. Politicians have testified to its influence on their intellectual identities, rock musicians have made records about it, TV viewers watch a reality show named f ...Show more
Orwell: The New Life by D.J. Taylor
26.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
Over seventy years since his premature death, George Orwell (1903-50) has become one of the most significant figures in western literature. His two dystopian masterpieces, Animal Farm (1945) and Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) have together sold over 40 million copies. Even now, he continues to exert a deci ...Show more
Orwell The New Life by D.J. Taylor
34.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
A fascinating exploration of George Orwell--and his body of work--by an award-winning Orwellian biographer and scholar, presenting the author anew to twenty-first-century readers. We find ourselves in an era when the moment is ripe for a reevaluation of the life and the works of one of the twentieth ...Show more
Rock and Roll Is Life: The True Story of the Helium Kids by One Who Was There by D. J. Taylor
32.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
'Taylor's magnificent new novel is Spinal Tap for literary types . . . thoroughly entertaining, knowledgeable romp through the fear and loathing of rock's golden age. Beautifully written and consistently funny, it is also a poignant account of one man's search for his own identity' Mail on Sunday 'A da ...Show more
The Prose Factory: Literary Life in Britain Since 1918 by D.J. Taylor
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Category: Culture Ideas Politics
What do we mean when we talk about 'taste'? 'Taste' takes countless forms. There is the exclusive taste of highbrow critics such as T.S. Eliot and F.R. Leavis. There is the taste of ordinary book lovers persuaded to buy the best-sellers of the day. And there is the taste of Virginia Woolf's elusive 'com ...Show more
The Windsor Faction by D. J. Taylor
19.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
"Terrific". (Daily Mail). "Tremendous". (Guardian). "Page-turning". (The Times). "Gripping". (Daily Telegraph). Autumn 1939. In an alternative world, where Edward VIII still sits on the throne, storm clouds gather over Europe, German troops amass and a 'King's Party' of fascist peace campaigners is stea ...Show more
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