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*Dickens turned Miss Mowcher into a sort of heroine because the real woman whom he
had caricatured had read the earlier chapters and was bitterly hurt. He had previously meant her to
play a villainous part. But any action by such a character would seem incongruous [Orwell's
footnote].
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*From a letter to his youngest son (in 1868): "You will remember that you have never at
home been harassed about religious observances, or mere formalities. I have always been anxious not
to weary my children with such things, before they are old enough to form opinions respecting them.
You will therefore understand the better that I now most solemnly impress upon you the truth and
beauty of the Christian Religion, as it came from Christ Himself, and the impossibility of your going
far wrong if you humbly but heartily respect it ... Never abandon the wholesome practice of saying
your own private prayers, night and morning. I have never abandoned it myself, and I know the
comfort of it" [Orwell's footnote].
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*There are several corresponding girls' papers. The Schoolgirl is a companion-paper to
the Magnet and has stories by "Hilda Richards." The characters are interchangeable to some extent.
Bessie Bunter, Billy Bunter's sister, figures in the Schoolgirl [Orwell's footnote]. 6
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*This was written some months before the outbreak of war. Up to the end of September
1939 no mention of the war has appeared in either paper [Orwell's footnote].
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*Published in 1932 [Orwell's footnote]. Edited by Michael (William Edward) Roberts
(1902–1948).
*The Secret Life of Salvador Dali (the Dial Press, New York) [Orwell's footnote].
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