Comments on: George Orwell – Bookshop Memories http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/george-orwell-bookshop-memories/ Reflections of a working writer and reader Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:06:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dick http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/george-orwell-bookshop-memories/comment-page-1/#comment-106519 Dick Fri, 01 Feb 2008 07:34:54 +0000 http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/george-orwell-bookshop-memories/#comment-106519 Plus ca change, eh? This, like so much of Orewell's writing, could have been penned yesterday. <strong>jb says</strong>: In spirit, yes. He's not that far away. And yet there's a dusty Victorian atmosphere around him. One gets the feeling that he's closer to Dickens than, say, Amis. Plus ca change, eh? This, like so much of Orewell’s writing, could have been penned yesterday.

jb says: In spirit, yes. He’s not that far away. And yet there’s a dusty Victorian atmosphere around him. One gets the feeling that he’s closer to Dickens than, say, Amis.

]]> By: Ole Blue http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/george-orwell-bookshop-memories/comment-page-1/#comment-106507 Ole Blue Fri, 01 Feb 2008 04:37:09 +0000 http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/george-orwell-bookshop-memories/#comment-106507 "Doubtless any horoscope seems ‘true’ if it tells you that you are highly attractive to the opposite sex and your worst fault is generosity.)" People believe what they wish were true. <strong>jb says</strong>: One man's wishes are sometimes a nightmare for everyone else. “Doubtless any horoscope seems ‘true’ if it tells you that you are highly attractive to the opposite sex and your worst fault is generosity.)”

People believe what they wish were true.

jb says: One man’s wishes are sometimes a nightmare for everyone else.

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