Orwell and England
Selected Essays
$17.72
- Hardcover
224 pages
- Release Date
12 January 2021
Summary
George Orwell wrote extensively about English life and politics. The selection of essays and journalism in Orwell and England brings together some of his most provocative and insightful writing on England and Englishness.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529032697 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1529032695 |
| Author: | George Orwell, Michael Gardiner |
| Publisher: | Pan Macmillan |
| Imprint: | Macmillan Collector's Library |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 12 January 2021 |
| Weight: | 152g |
| Dimensions: | 14mm x 102mm x 156mm |
| Series: | Macmillan Collector's Library |
| Audience Age: | 18 |
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Critics Review
His [Orwell’s] real talent was for analysing and explaining a tumultuous period in human history.
His [Orwell’s] real talent was for analysing and explaining a tumultuous period in human history. – Dorian Lynsky * Guardian *
In my 20s, I discovered Orwell’s essays and nonfiction books and reread them so many times that my copies started to disintegrate. – George Packer * The Atlantic *
George Orwell
Eric Arthur Blair (George Orwell) was born in 1903 in India where his father was a civil servant. After studying at Eton, he served with the Indian Imperial Police in Burma for several years which inspired his first novel, Burmese Days. After two years in Paris, he returned to England to work as a teacher and then in a bookshop. In 1936 he travelled to Spain to fight for the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War, where he was badly wounded. During the Second World War he worked for the BBC. A prolific journalist and essayist, Orwell wrote some of the most influential books in English literature, including the dystopian Nineteen Eighty-Four and his political allegory Animal Farm. He died from tuberculosis in 1950.
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