1903: He was born Eric Arthur Blair on 25 June.
1912: his father stayed in India until.
1911: St Cyprian's School in Eastbourne
1917: he won a scholarship to Eton
1921: he joined the British police in Burma
1927: Orwell grew dissatisfied and he resigned
1928: he journeyed to Paris
1932 to1933 : worked as a teacher in a small private school
1934: got a part time job in a second hand bookshop
1933: his first book was published Down and Out in Paris and London.
1934: his first novel Burmese Days was published
1935: George Orwell had another novel published
1936: Keep the Aspidistra Flying
1936: Orwell married Eileen
1936: write a book about poverty in northern England
1937: The Road to Wigan Pier was published
1936: Meanwhile Orwell, a Socialist left for Spain to fight in the Spanish Civil War
1938: he wrote A Homage to Catalonia, published
1938: Orwell was suffering from tuberculosis.
1938-1939: He spent the winter in Morocco
1939: another novel, Coming Up For Air was published
1941 to 1943: He worked for the BBC
1943: he became literary editor for the Tribune a left wing magazine.
1945: his great satire Animal Farm was published
1949 to1984: his masterpiece was published
1949: George Orwell married his second wife Sonia.
1950: George Orwell died and he was only 46
