Becoming George Orwell: life and letters, legend and legacy

Prologue. Donald and Winston at the ministry of alternative facts

Introduction. Orwell, my "Orwell"

Part 1. Life and letters

The quixotic, adamantly unsainted lift he lived

Frenemies at fisticuffs? The debate rounds of two cordially contentious old Etonians

The literary breakthrough, or when Blair became Orwell

Orwell's twin masterpieces, Animal farm, and Nineteen eighty-four

A "utopian" edition of a dystopian classic

England's prose laureate

Part 2. Legend and legacy

French connection, part 1: Jean Malaquais, a "French Orwell"?

French connection, part 2: Camus and Orwell, Rebelles avec une cause

How and why Orwell became "a famous author": surfing the tides of time

"Catholic exceptionalism": why Catholic America canonized "St. George"

"Orwellian" warfare: from cold to cyber

Why I am not a socialist

Conclusion. Whither Orwell - and "Orwell"?