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The basic facts about George Orwell’s years at Eton are well known. But we don’t precisely know which Etonian values he retained and what influence the school had on his later life. John le Carré wrote me (on September 27, 1998), “I taught at Eton. It always amused me that Blair-Orwell, who had been to Eton, always took great pains to disown the place.”
Responding to
Twentieth Century Authors, Orwell categorically declared: “I was educated at Eton, 1917-1921, as I had been lucky enough to win a scholarship, but I did no work there and learned very little, and I don’t feel that Eton has been much of a formative influence on my life.”
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I’m looking for advice on where to live in retirement.
I’m a disabled veteran, my spouse is retired/disability military, and we have a combined monthly income of $4,200 a month. It may eventually rise to $5,400. We have no debt and about $75,000 in savings.
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