Orwell: The Lost Writings

The scripts and other writings pub lished here were written by Orwell when he worked full time for the BBC from 1940 to 1943 (actually, they were known to be on file in the BBC Ar chives but were apparently not regard ed as important enough to be pub lished). This collection, in need of more generous and scholarly footnoting but with a helpful introduction by the edi tor, includes previously unprinted ad aptations Orwell made of some of his favorite stories of Silone, H.G.Wells, and Anatole France, as well as 250 let ters he wrote to writers and contribu tors to the BBC. A poetry radio maga zine called Voice and a story with chapters written by separate authors commissioned by Orwell are also re printed here. Yet to be published are scripts Orwell wrote for the BBC while not a full-time employee (and whose copyrights are owned by publishers other than the BBC).