Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. PROLOGUE. Donald and Winston at the Ministry of Alternative Facts 1
5. INTRODUCTION. Orwell, My “Orwell” 9
6. PART 1. Life and Letters
7. CHAPTER 1. The Quixotic, Adamantly Unsainted Life He Lived 25
8. CHAPTER 2. Frenemies at Fisticuffs? 59
9. CHAPTER 3. The Literary Breakthrough, or When Blair Became Orwell 72
10. CHAPTER 4. Orwell’s Twin Masterpieces, Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four 90
11. Chapter 5. A “Utopian” Edition of a Dystopian Classic 109
12. CHAPTER 6. England’s Prose Laureate 124
13. PART 2. Legend and Legacy
14. CHAPTER 7. French Connection, Part 1 141
15. CHAPTER 8. French Connection, Part 2 175
16. CHAPTER 9. How and Why Orwell Became “A FAMOUS AUTHOR” 194
17. CHAPTER 10 “Catholic Exceptionalism” 221
18. CHAPTER 11. “Orwellian” Warfare: From Cold to Cyber 247
19. CHAPTER 12. Why I Am Not a Socialist 259
20. CONCLUSION. Whither Orwell–and “Orwell”? 274
21. Notes 301
22. Illustration Credits 341
23. Index 343