He also submitted the manuscript to Faber and Faber, where the poet T. S. Eliot (who was a director of the firm) rejected it; Eliot wrote back to Orwell praising the book's "good writing" and "fundamental integrity", but declared that they would only accept it for publication if they had some sympathy for the viewpoint "which I take to be generally Trotskyite".
hiː ˈɔːlsoʊ səbmˈɪɾᵻd ðə mˈænjuːskɹˌɪpt tə fˈeɪbɚ ænd fˈeɪbɚ, wˌɛɹ ðə pˈoʊɪt tˈiː. ˈɛs. ˈɛlɪət hˌuː wʌzɐ dᵻɹˈɛktɚɹ ʌvðə fˈɜːm ɹᵻdʒˈɛktᵻd ɪt; ˈɛlɪət ɹˈoʊt bˈæk tʊ ˈɔːɹwɛl pɹˈeɪzɪŋ ðə bˈʊks "ɡˈʊd ɹˈaɪɾɪŋ" ænd "fˌʌndəmˈɛntəl ɪntˈɛɡɹᵻɾi", bˌʌt dᵻklˈɛɹd ðæt ðeɪ wʊd ˈoʊnli ɐksˈɛpt ɪt fɔːɹ pˌʌblɪkˈeɪʃən ɪf ðeɪ hˌæd sʌm sˈɪmpəθi fɚðə vjˈuːpɔɪnt "wˌɪtʃ aɪ tˈeɪk təbi dʒˈɛnɚɹəli tɹˈɑːtskiˌaɪt".