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Essays

By George Orwell

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A generous and varied selection–the only hardcover edition available–of the literary and political writings of one of the greatest essayists of the twentieth century.

Although best known as the author of Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-four, George Orwell left an eveContinue

A generous and varied selection–the only hardcover edition available–of the literary and political writings of one of the greatest essayists of the twentieth century.

Although best known as the author of Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-four, George Orwell left an even more lastingly significant achievement in his voluminous essays, which dealt with all the great social, political, and literary questions of the day and exemplified an incisive prose style that is still universally admired. Included among the more than 240 essays in this volume are Orwell’s famous discussion of pacifism, “My Country Right or Left”; his scathingly complicated views on the dirty work of imperialism in “Shooting an Elephant”; and his very firm opinion on how to make “A Nice Cup of Tea.”

In his essays, Orwell elevated political writing to the level of art, and his motivating ideas–his desire for social justice, his belief in universal freedom and equality, and his concern for truth in language–are as enduringly relevant now, a hundred years after his birth, as ever.

Critics

  • Selected Essays By George Orwell

    During his early youth Eric Blair had, he later wrote, a facility with words and a power of facing unpleasant facts. As he grew older, those unpleasant facts were often in conflict with his biases and predispositions. The result was a hard-won indepe ... (read full critics)

    bookpage published on Thu, 16 Sep 2010

  • All Art Is Propaganda: Critical Essays By George Orwell

    Though known for his novels 1984 and Animal Farm, George Orwell was also a prolific essayist and literary critic. All Art Is Propaganda: Critical Essays and Facing Unpleasant Facts: Narrative Essays are two new collections - published in tandem - tha ... (read full critics)

    bookpage published on Wed, 15 Sep 2010

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  • English Books
  • Hardcover 1424 Pages
  • ISBN-10: 0375415033
  • ISBN-13: 9780375415036
  • Publisher: Everyman's Library
  • Pub date: Oct 15, 2002
  • Dimensions: 1355 mm x 903 mm x 387 mm Just how big is that?
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