George Orwell, A Clergyman's Daughter

Nigel Williams

Ed. by Peter Childs, Birmingham Newman University
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.08: English Writing and Culture of the early Twentieth Century , 1900-1945.
Vol. editors: Chris Baldick (Goldsmiths College, University of London), Peter Childs (Birmingham Newman University), Louise McDonald (Birmingham Newman University), Andrew Radford (University of Glasgow)

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First circulation or publication Mar 1935

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England (Country of Origin)

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Written in 1934,

A Clergyman’s Daughter

was Orwell’s third published book and his second novel. Orwell remained implacably and enduringly critical of

A Clergyman’s Daughter

, stating in 1946, when comparing the novel unfavourably with

Keep the Aspidistra Flying

There is an even worse one called A Clergyman’s Daughter. This was written simply as an exercise and I oughtn’t to have published it, but I was desperate for money, ditto when I wrote Keep the A. At that time I simply hadn’t a book in me, but I was half starved and had to turn out something to bring in £100 or so. (CEJL 4: 241)

There is an even worse one called

A Clergyman’s Daughter.

This was written simply as an exercise and I oughtn’t to have published it, but I was desperate for money, ditto when I wrote

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Citation: Williams, Nigel. "A Clergyman's Daughter". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 18 April 2013 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=7224, accessed 23 November 2024.]

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