Coming Up For Air

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Coming Up for Air by George Orwell: 2. Early Years

Coming Up for Air

2. Early Years

Coming Up for Air by George Orwell

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George Bowling recalls his early years up to the First World War.

George Bowling recalls his early years. From the end of the Boer War to the start of the First World War. Read by Tim McInnerny.

George Bowling is a  married insurance salesman.

Now middle-aged and, overweight, he looks back to his early years - from the end of the Boer War to the beginning of the First World War. 

George Orwell's book was first published before war broke out in 1939.  

Abridged by Ellin Stein.

Read by Tim McInnerny.

Producer:  Clive Brill 

A Brill production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in January 2020.

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George Bowling, a fat, married, middle-aged insurance salesman surveys his life.

George Bowling, a fat, married, middle-aged insurance salesman surveys his life whilst reflecting on the country he finds himself living in. Read by Tim McInnerny.

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