Turning points
Went to St Cyprian's school in Eastbourne
Joined the British police in Burma
Became a writer
Began living among the poor
Journeyed to Paris
Worked as a teacher in small private school
Got part time job,Second hand bookshop
Married first wife Elieen
Commissioned to write a book about poverty in northern England
Fight in Spanish civil war
Rejected for military
Worked for BBC
Married second wife Sonia
Achievements
Won scholarship to Euton
1933 first book published,Down and Out in Paris and London
1934 first novel Burmese Days published
1935 another novel Clergyman's Daughter published
1937 Road to Wigan pier published
1938 Wrote A Homage to Catalonia published
1939 Coming Up For Air published
1945 Animal Farm staire published
1949 Masterpiece 1984 published