
Did you know that George Orwell's original manuscript shows that he originally intended to set his masterpiece in 1980? Then 1982?
Thus, the famous opening originally began, 'April 4th, 1980. I am opening this diary because ' but Orwell crossed out 1980 and wrote over it '1982'; later he overwrote '4' on to the '2'.
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