1984
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Animal Farm
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Decline of the English Murder
Down the Mine
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essays
fascism
George Orwell
Nineteen Eighty Four
political essays
politics
Shooting an Elephant
socialism
The Lion and the Unicorn
The Road to Wigan Pier
The Spike
totalitarianism
Product details
- ISBN 9781782277187
- Dimensions: 120 x 165mm
- Publication Date: 07 Jan 2021
- Publisher: Pushkin Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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This new collection brings together four of Orwell's short sketches of English life with his masterful analysis of a crumbling English society. They range from an expedition down a coal mine to a chastening experience of colonial rule in Burma, and from a witty study of murder reportage in the British tabloids to a grim account of life inside a workhouse. Culminating with Orwell's masterpiece on English socialism, 'The Lion and the Unicorn', the essays in this collection are a testament to the fascinating peculiarities of English culture. Together, they say as much about what England could aspire to be as the state that it has found itself in.
George Orwell, born Eric Arthur Blair, was a novelist, essayist, journalist and critic. He served as an Imperial Police Officer in Myanmar (formerly Burma), lived in near-destitution in Paris and fought against fascism in the Spanish Civil War. His powerful explorations, in both novels and essays, of totalitarianism and fascism firmly established the adjective 'Orwellian' in the English language.
