George Orwell Typed Letter Signed.

ORWELL, George.

$14,000.00

Item Number: 142498

Rare typed letter signed by George Orwell signed to Amy Charlesworth Byrne Typed letter signed (“Geo. Orwell“), to Mrs Amy Byrne excusing his delayed reply (“…I have been away again, and also somewhat distraught with the move into here…”), writing with relief that he has brought his young son down from Newcastle (“..It is no joke travelling with a child now…”), with other personal news and hoping that they will be able to visit the Byrnes at their home in Liverpool, 1 page, 4to, 27b Canonbury Square, Islington, London, 23 October 1944. “…I’d like to show you the baby (his name is Richard) and get your opinion of him. I’m no judge but I think he is a very nice child and quite forward for his age…” The Orwell’s had adopted Richard through the contacts of Eileen Orwell‘s sister, a doctor in Newcastle. Richard was Orwell‘s only child. Orwell wrote this letter soon after he had brought his son down from Newcastle to their new home in Islington, their previous house having been destroyed by a German bomb the previous June. Orwell was by now an established writer, especially through his work for Tribune. He had written Animal Farm but was having difficulty finding a publisher for an anti-Soviet satire at a time when the USSR was still Britain’s ally.
Amy Charlesworth was now married to her second husband, Gerry Byrne, and living in Liverpool. In very good condition.