About 160 historic George Orwell papers saved for nation after outcry
by Dalya Alberge from World news | The Guardian on (#6X5TT)
Exclusive: University College London acquires Gollancz archive that was in danger of being dispersed forever
George Orwell's correspondence, contracts and readers' reports relating to his earliest novels are among historic papers that have been saved for the nation after an outcry over their initial dispersal.
University College London (UCL) said it had acquired the archive of the Nineteen Eighty-Four author's publisher as a valuable piece of Britain's cultural heritage".
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