Orwell’s diaries now on-line

Wondering what George Orwell was doing seventy* years ago today? Thanks to the Orwell Trust and the Internet, we can all know:

Caught a large snake in the herbaceous border beside the drive…

Orwell’s (Eric Blair‘s) diaries will be posted daily with annotations, comments, and hyperlinks. I’ll be following along via RSS, as I already do with Pepys’ Diaries.

*Corrected from my earlier “fifty.” Man, am I stuck in the 80′s or what?

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