.jpg) First US edition cover, the novel published in America with a slight change of title as The Clergyman's Daughter | |
| Author | George Orwell |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Published | 1935 (Victor Gollancz) |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Preceded by | Burmese Days |
| Followed by | Keep the Aspidistra Flying |
A Clergyman's Daughter is a 1935 novel by English author George Orwell. It tells the story of Dorothy Hare, the titular clergyman's daughter, whose life is turned upside down when she suffers an attack of amnesia. It is Orwell's most formally experimental novel, featuring a chapter written entirely in dramatic form, but he was never satisfied with it and he left instructions that after his death it was not to be reprinted.[1] Despite these instructions, Orwell did consent to the printing of cheap editions "of any book which may bring in a few pounds for my heirs" following his death.[2]
- ^ Orwell 1998g, p. 228
- ^ Peter Davison (2000). A Clergyman's Daughter, A Note on the Text (foreword). p. v.