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Section sizes Section size for George Orwell (45 sections) Section name Byte count Section total (Top) 6,041 6,041 Life 10 94,961 Early years 11,784 11,784 Policing in Burma 5,932 5,932 London and Paris 5,261 5,261 Southwold 4,681 4,681 Teaching career 5,948 5,948 Hampstead 3,967 3,967 The Road to Wigan Pier 8,754 8,754 Spanish Civil War 10,167 10,167 Rest and recuperation 4,339 4,339 Second World War and Animal Farm 17,445 17,445 Jura and Nineteen Eighty-Four 11,286 11,286 Final months and death 5,387 5,387 Literary career and legacy 3,444 33,555 Literary influences 4,572 4,572 Orwell as literary critic 2,431 2,431 Food writing 2,329 2,329 Reception and evaluations of Orwell's works 7,717 7,717 Influence on language and writing 4,662 4,662 Modern culture 4,943 4,943 Archive 2,130 2,130 Statue 1,327 1,327 Personal life 19 23,411 Childhood 5,027 5,027 Relationships and marriage 4,832 4,832 Social interactions 6,265 6,265 Lifestyle 7,268 7,268 Views 10 28,899 Religion 4,989 4,989 Politics 3,816 20,718 Spanish Civil War and socialism 6,043 6,043 The Second World War 4,102 4,102 Jews, antisemitism and zionism 2,369 2,369 Tribune and post-war Britain 4,388 4,388 Sexuality 3,182 3,182 Biographies of Orwell 10,229 10,229 Bibliography 54 492 Novels 272 272 Nonfiction 166 166 Notes 37 37 References 30 30 Sources 3,321 3,321 Further reading 1,787 1,787 External links 5,357 5,357 Total 208,120 208,120

To-do list for George Orwell: edit · history · watch · refresh · Updated 2008-12-27 Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Wikify : Could someone please do something with the references - some are repeated and there are different formats used. I'd do it myself but not very good at it, and I'm sure there are folks out there who can do it better. Cheers! --Technopat (talk) 15:37, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

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My addition of the graphic novel on Orwell’s life (Such, Such Were the Joys) keeps getting taking off by a bamstick called HP Dudley - stop doing that please! It’s a book just as valid as the others noted there, and officially sanctioned by the Orwell estate and his son, Richard. Topknot2 (talk) 23:31, 22 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Where's the bit that describes his informing on people to the secret shows? Keith-264 (talk) 10:31, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]