Nineteen Eighty-Four: The Facsimile of the Extant Manuscript by George Orwell.

Nineteen Eighty-Four: The Facsimile of the Extant Manuscript by George Orwell.

Publisher: Secker & Warburg , 1984.

Hardback with jacket. Minor marks and bumping to spine ends, foxing to page edges, small remnant of presentation plate to ffep, otherwise very good with firm binding. Jacket has a little edge/shelf wear, light marks and minor chipping. 381 pages.

A facsimile of the original manuscript is accompanied by a typescript and a brief history of the novel's creation. Orwell's classic work of dystopian fiction was begun in 1946 and composed in four stages. The extant manuscript provides the narrative of Nineteen Eighty-Four in outline from the beginning almost to the conclusion, with some gaps. "despite all the rewriting revealed by this facsimile, it is remarkable how closely what has survived adheres to the main sweep of the narrative of Nineteen Eighty-Four. VERY LARGE AND HEAVY SO WILL REQUIRE EXTRA SHIPPING COSTS OUTSIDE OF NZ.

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