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impromptu lectures on my latest theme and acquired still more 1930s travel books or Festival of Britain memorabilia on the grounds that such things “may come in useful.” I would particularly like to acknowledge my grandparents, Ruth, Gladys, George, and Edward, who lived through and experienced firsthand what is, to me, an area of largely academic interest. Like so many of their generation, they showed courage and fortitude in the direst of circumstances.
Above all, though, my greatest debt is to my wife, Shannon. We met shortly after I had started the research for this project, and we were married in the year that I completed it. Her unflagging interest, understanding, and encouragement have been a source of great support for me, particularly when the completion of this work seemed far off. Although words cannot fully do justice to her role in English Journeys, I can say that without her this book—like its author—would be a much poorer version of what it now is.
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Excerpts from The Road to Wigan Pier, Homage to Catalonia, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Coming Up For Air, “The Lion and the Unicorn”, The English People, “My Country Right of Left,” “The Home Guard and You,” As I Please and Other Writings, Orwell: The Observer Years, and Letters by George Orwell, copyright by George Orwell, are reprinted by permission of Bill Hamilton as the literary executor of the estate of the late Sonia Brownell Orwell and by permission of Secker & Warburg Ltd.
Excerpts from Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell, copyright 1952 and renewed 1980 by Sonia Brownell Orwell, are used by permission of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Excerpts from Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell, copyright 1938 by Eric Blair, this edition copyright 1986, the estate of the late Sonia Brownell Orwell, are reproduced by permission of Penguin Books Ltd. All rights reserved.