Some Thoughts on the Common Toad

Name: Some Thoughts on the Common Toad
Brand: Penguin Books Ltd
SKU: 9780141191270
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By (author): George Orwell

In this collection of eight witty and sharply written essays, Orwell looks at, among others, the joys of spring (even in London), the picture of humanity painted by Gulliver and his travels, and the strange benefit of the doubt that the public permit Salvador Dali. Also included here are a mouth-watering essay on the delights of English Cooking and a shocking account of killing an elephant in Burma. See more

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Weight: 82g
Dimensions: 111 x 181mm
Publication Date: 26 Aug 2010
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780141191270

About George Orwell

Eric Arthur Blair (1903-1950) better known by his pen-name George Orwell was born in India where his father worked for the Civil Service. An author and journalist Orwell was one of the most prominent and influential figures in twentieth-century literature. His unique political allegory Animal Farm was published in 1945 and it was this novel together with the dystopia of Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) which brought him world-wide fame. His novels and non-fiction include Burmese Days Down and Out in Paris and London The Road to Wigan Pier and Homage to Catalonia.