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Hello, I was reading an article from The New Yorker and I wonder what 'underneath the rock' means in this sentence.Thank you in advance!
'In the spring of 1946, George Orwell, writing in the London Tribune, opened with a view fromunderneath the rock: In a cold but stuffy bed-sitting room littered with cigarette ends and half-empty cups of tea, a man in a moth-eaten dressing-gown sits at a rickety table, trying......'
Link of the article if needed:
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/03/07/critics-in-the-age-of-opinion
'In the spring of 1946, George Orwell, writing in the London Tribune, opened with a view fromunderneath the rock: In a cold but stuffy bed-sitting room littered with cigarette ends and half-empty cups of tea, a man in a moth-eaten dressing-gown sits at a rickety table, trying......'
Link of the article if needed:
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/03/07/critics-in-the-age-of-opinion