Orwell was never a huge fan of school, but his mom thought it was very important. In 1917, when Orwell was almost fourteen years old her got accepted to the very prestigious Eton, accepting the incredibly difficult to receive “Kings Scholarship. He went on to actually drop out of the school in his final year, describing his experience as bitter.

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1 May 1917

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