Coming Up for Air

Coming Up for Air

Written by:
George Orwell
Narrated by:
N.A. Diel
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Unabridged Audiobook

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1
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1
Release Date
April 2021
Duration
7 hours 12 minutes
Summary
A Clergyman's Daughter is a 1935 novel by English author George Orwell. It tells the story of Dorothy Hare, the clergyman's daughter of the title, whose life is turned upside down when she suffers an attack of amnesia. It is Orwell's most formally experimental novel, featuring a chapter written entirely in dramatic form, but he was never satisfied with it and he left instructions that after his death it was not to be reprinted. Despite these instructions, Orwell did consent that to cheap editions 'of any book which may bring in a few pounds for my heirs' following his death.
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Sonofnothing

Amazing book. The long tangent on fishing really brought me back throughout my own life's fishing escapades. It actually inspired me to write out all of my fishing stories, and the people they took place with. There are two main themes throughout; England's part in WWI and the looming concern of WW2 (which, having been written in 1938, is a fascinating perspective to read), and the yearning for a simpler time, "before the war", childhood. It reminded me of the Twilight Zone episode, Walking Distance, which brings a tear to my eye every time I watch it. There are references to many writers from of the era, so have your pen and paper ready to write down a bunch of names and titles. This is a book I will be revisiting, for certain. The narrator was immaculate, as well. Don't think about it, just get this book.

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