This account of Orwell's life is chiefly concerned with what influenced Orwell, his relations with publishers and editors, and the analysis of certain key experiences - the deposition that during the Spanish Civil War he was guilty of espionage and high treason;
Introduction - Chronology - Getting Started - Foreign Fields - The Profession of Author - The Turning Point - Orwell as Reviewer and Essayist - Events Leading Up to the War and BBC Years -The Last Years - Conclusion - Notes - Reading List - Tables Showing Orwell's Earnings, 1922-45 - Index