D. J. Taylor

Derby Day

George Orwell

Nineteen Eighty-Four

Chronicles George Orwell's life-changing service to the British crown in India, the literary world he inhabited, his experiences in the Spanish Civil War, and his works.

The Life

Orwell

"Jampacked and delicious, crammed with a cast of selfish, feckless, darling, talented, almost terminally eccentric, good-looking men and women." —Carolyn See, The Washington Post Before the media circus of Britney Spears, Paris Hilton, and our modern obsession with celebrity, there were the Bright Young People, a voraciously pleasure-seeking band of bohemian party-givers and blue-blooded socialites who romped through the gossip columns of 1920s London. Evelyn Waugh immortalized their slang, their pranks, and their tragedies in his novels, and over the next half century, many—from Cecil Beaton to Nancy Mitford and John Betjeman—would become household names. But beneath the veneer of hedonism and practical jokes was a tormented generation, brought up in the shadow of war. Sparkling talent was too often brought low by alcoholism and addiction. Drawing on the virtuosic and often wrenching writings of the Bright Young People themselves, the biographer and novelist D. J. Taylor has produced an enthralling account of an age of fleeting brilliance. "[An] ultimately elegiac narrative with a surprising amount of intellectual and emotional sympathy." — The New York Times "Engaging . . . Taylor's skillful reconstruction of the whole hazy time feels like a lasting party favor." —NPR "Incisive . . . [and] richly detailed." — The New York Times Book Review "A poignant study of the elusive relationship between art and the social world from whence it springs." — The New York Observer "[A] splendid social history . . . By placing generational tensions and tenderness center-stage, Taylor gives his book a beating emotional heart." — Los Angeles Times Book Review "Entertaining and incisive." — The Boston Globe "Fascinating." — The Wall Street Journal "Compelling and ultimately touching." — The Guardian

The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age

Bright Young People

A pleasure-seeking band of bohemian party-givers and blue-blooded socialites known as the Bright Young People romped through the gossip columns of 1920s London. Drawing on the writings of the Bright Young People themselves, Taylor has produced an enthralling account of an age of fleeting brilliance.

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 century’s greatest authors. This is the first twenty-first-century biography on George Orwell, with special recognition to D. J. Taylor's stature as an award-winning biographer and Orwellian. Using new sources that are now available for the first time, we are tantalizingly at the end of the lifespan of Orwell's last few contemporaries, whose final reflections are caught in this book. The way we look at a writer and his canon has changed even over the course of the last two decades; there is a post-millennial prism through which we must now look for such a biography to be fresh and relevant. This is what Orwell: The New Life achieves.

The New Life

'An entertaining history of literary life' Nicholas Shakespeare, Daily Telegraph Spanning a century of literary history, from the pitched battles fought between Eliot-era modernists and Georgian traditionalists to the impact of creative writing degrees and the media don of today and taking in 'star reviewers', sniping critics, caballing editors and megalomaniac professors along the way, The Prose Factory explores the myriad influences on English literary life in the past century and the way in which they have shaped our preferences. 'An amazing achievement' David Lodge 'A pleasingly gossipy history of literary life in England since 1918avery enjoyable' Observer 'Elegantly written, defiantly intelligent, scrupulously researched and richly enjoyable' Mail on Sunday

Literary Life in Britain Since 1918

The Prose Factory

N. P. O. Green

G. W. Stout

Cambridge Low Price Editions are reprints of internationally respected books from Cambridge University Press. The text has been completely revised and updated to provide comprehensive coverage of all the major biology syllabuses at Advanced level. It is also suitable for first-year students in higher education. It contains: clearly written up-to-date information appropriate to the new Advanced level biology syllabuses, new material covering microbiology and biotechnology, the applications of genetics, and human health and disease, a variety of questions throughout the text, carefully selected and clearly presented practical investigations in many of the units, appendices providing basic information and techniques relating to the relevant areas of the physical sciences and mathematics (e.g.biological chemistry and statistics)

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